Irrationality : a history of the dark side of reason / Justin E.H. Smith.
Irrationality : a history of the dark side of reason / Justin E.H. Smith.
Irrationality : a history of the dark side of reason / Justin E.H. Smith.
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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G 2019/1990
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English
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xi, 330 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]
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New Jersey
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[2019]
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It's a story we can't stop telling ourselves. Once, humans were benighted by superstition and irrationality, but then the Greeks invented reason. Later, the Enlightenment enshrined rationality as the supreme value. Discovering that reason is the defining feature of our species, we named ourselves the "rational animal." But is this flattering story...
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Irrationality : a history of the dark side of reason / Justin E.H. Smith.
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Includes bibliographical references (313-324) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/1990
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74VKVBWXQbvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBWXQbvA
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9780691178677 (hardcover)
0691178674 (hardcover)
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900
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991024240900102626
