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Rationally Speaking #42 - On the Limits of Reason
Rationally Speaking #42 - On the Limits of Reason
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2011
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Podcast episode
Description
Following up on their interview with Robert Zaretsky on the dispute between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau about the limits of reason, Julia and Massimo expand the topic to include a discussion of the failure of “foundational” projects (e.g., the quest for the ultimate bases of scientific reasoning, or of logic and mathematics). Also, our take on a recent paper on the evolutionary psychology of reasoning that has made mainstream news.
Released:
Aug 28, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Rationally Speaking #1 - Why be rational?: Are rationality and emotion at odds, and is it ethical to promote rationality? Plus Massimo and Julia's picks: Wikipedia's List of Paradoxes and the Fallacy Files. by Rationally Speaking Podcast