
Ep 162: Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality” Chapter 7 ”Hits and False Alarms” Part 1
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How to Solve the Problems of Rationalism in Philosophy
I'm going to have multiple problems throughout this chapter with the way in which examples attempt to be deployed. This is one of the reasons that the work of Karl Popper and David Deutsch appeals to me because We don't talk about just stuff occurring in the abstract. It's a neat example, but it also exists as a model for every other kind of situation involving competing ideas. An explanation is a word that is sorely missing from this chapter? Unfortunately, it's not to say that it's wholly misconceived There are parts of rationality the book by Stephen Pinker that indeed hit the nail on the head. But it's the important misconceptions that are worth lingering over.
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