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Steven Pinker defends a damagingly irrational conception of reason

Steven, Pinker. 2021. Rationality: What it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters. London: Allen Lane, 2021, xvii + 412pp, £25 HB, ISBN: 978-0-241-38027-7.

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Maxwell, N. Steven Pinker defends a damagingly irrational conception of reason. Metascience 31, 49–52 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-022-00730-y

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