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Rationality

What It Is, Why It's Scarce, and How to Get More

Steven Pinker

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Chapter Overview

Description

Rationality (2021) explores the faculty that sets us apart from other species: reason. The ability to think rationally drives individual and social progress. It allows us to attain our goals and create a fairer world. But rationality isn’t just something we do as individuals – it also sustains our best institutions.

Who Should Listen

  • Would-be rationalists
  • Philosophical thinkers
  • Anyone who loves big ideas

About the Authors

Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and an award-winning author. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he’s been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People and one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. His previous books include Enlightenment Now and The Better Angels of Our Nature