Ronald De Sousa

Why Think?

Evolution and the Rational Mind

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this short and accessible book, Ronald de Sousa shows us that in order to understand what is truly important about our reasoning capacity, we need to change our thinking about what rationality actually is.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 186mm x 134mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 309g
• ISBN-13: 9780195189858
• ISBN-10: 019518985X
• Artikelnr.: 22781617

Autorenporträt

Ronald de Sousa grew up in Switzerland and the United Kingdom. After completing school in France, he obtained a B.A. from Oxford, and a Ph.D. from Princeton. Based at the University of Toronto, he has lectured in over twenty countries on the emotions, philosophy of biology, ethics, and aesthetics. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughter.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Function and destiny
3. What's the good of thinking?
4. Rationality, individual and collective
5. Irrationality