“Reason” proponents indicate that reason clarifies; explains the world before us, is coherent and reliable and testable, is the spine of science and technology, solves complex problems; etc. “Faith” ...
In The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding (Harvard, 2017; Paperback 2018), Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber claim to offer a novel account of human reasoning. “What reason does,” the ...
Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson are clearly confused. In particular, they are confused about the nature of human reason in relationship to evolution and a universal morality. Their confusion shows up ...