The Enigma of Reason

  • The Enigma of Reason
    The Enigma of Reason
    By Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier

    If reason is so useful and reliable, why didn’t it evolve in other animals and why do humans produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber argue that reason is not geared to solitary use.

  • The Enigma of Reason
    The Enigma of Reason
    By Hugo Mercier

    If reason is so useful and reliable, why didn’t it evolve in other animals and why do humans produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber argue that reason is not geared to solitary use.

  • The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
    The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
    By Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier

    GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 'Original and provocative ... likely to have a big impact on our understanding of ourselves' Steven Pinker 'Mercier and Sperber offer a surprising and...

  • The Enigma of Reason
    The Enigma of Reason
    By Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier

    Ambitious, provocative, and entertaining, The Enigma of Reason will spark debate among psychologists and philosophers, and make many reasonable people rethink their own thinking.

  • The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
    The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
    By Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier, Dan Mercier

    So why does it exist? This book provides the answer' Alex Dean, Prospect