LEADER 03136nam 22004935 450 001 9910480805203321 005 20210806032105.0 010 $a0-300-22208-4 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300222081 035 $a(CKB)3710000000841844 035 $a(EBL)4661593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4661593 035 $a(DE-B1597)540396 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300222081 035 $a(OCoLC)957590694 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000841844 100 $a20200229h20162016 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Edge of Reason $eA Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World /$fJulian Baggini 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-20823-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgements --$tIntroduction --$tPART I: THE JUDGE --$tINTRODUCTION --$t1. The Eternal God argument --$t2. Science for humans --$t3. Rationality and judgement --$tPART II: THE GUIDE --$tINTRODUCTION --$t4. Lives of the mind --$t5. The challenge of psychology --$t6. Guided by reason --$tPART III: THE MOTIVATOR --$tINTRODUCTION --$t7. Rational morality --$t8. Scientific morality --$t9. The claims of reason --$tPART IV: THE KING --$tINTRODUCTION --$t10. The rational state --$t11. Political reason --$tConclusion: using reason --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAn urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving-or even discussing-divisive issues Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege. According to Aristotle, the capacity for reason sets us apart from other animals, yet today it has ceased to be a universally admired faculty. Rationality and reason have become political, disputed concepts, subject to easy dismissal. Julian Baggini argues eloquently that we must recover our reason and reassess its proper place, neither too highly exalted nor completely maligned. Rationality does not require a sterile, scientistic worldview, it simply involves the application of critical thinking wherever thinking is needed. Addressing such major areas of debate as religion, science, politics, psychology, and economics, the author calls for commitment to the notion of a "community of reason," where disagreements are settled by debate and discussion, not brute force or political power. Baggini's insightful book celebrates the power of reason, our best hope-indeed our only hope-for dealing with the intractable quagmires of our time. 606 $aReason 606 $aRationalism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReason. 615 0$aRationalism. 676 $a128/.33 700 $aBaggini$b Julian$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0761063 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480805203321 996 $aThe Edge of Reason$92444577 997 $aUNINA