LEADER 01044nam 2200385 450 001 990001025930203316 010 $a88-7119-343-1 035 $a0102593 035 $aUSA010102593 035 $a(ALEPH)000102593USA01 035 $a0102593 100 $a20020311d1991----km-y0itay0103----ba 101 $aspa 102 $aIT 110 $aau--------- 200 1 $aEntresiglos$fa cura di Ermanno Caldera, Rinaldo Froldi 210 $eRoma$cBulzoni$d1991- 215 $av$d24 cm 326 $aPeriodicitą non determinata 410 $12001 606 0 $aSpagna$xCultura$zSec. 18.-19. 676 $a946.054 702 1$aCALDERA,$bErmanno 702 1$aFROLDI,$bRinaldo 801 0$aIT$bsalbc$gISBD 912 $a990001025930203316 958 $aUMA$c1(1991)-2(1993) 959 $aSE 969 $aUMA 979 $aPATTY$b90$c20020311$lUSA01$h1519 979 $aPATTY$b90$c20020313$lUSA01$h1150 979 $c20020403$lUSA01$h1743 979 $aPATRY$b90$c20040406$lUSA01$h1711 996 $aEntresiglos$9977453 997 $aUNISA LEADER 03227nam 2200529 450 001 9910798507103321 005 20221227112712.0 010 $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(MiAaPQ)EBC7027313 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7027313 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000841844 100 $a20221227d2016 uy 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$aNew Haven, Connecticut :$cYale University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-20823-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [252]-257) 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 $aRationalism 606 $aReason 615 0$aRationalism. 615 0$aReason. 676 $a128.33 686 $aPHI032000$aPHI005000$aPHI026000$2bisacsh 700 $aBaggini$b Julian$0761063 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798507103321 996 $aThe edge of reason$93757035 997 $aUNINA