RT Book
T1 Irrationality: a history of the dark side of reason
A1 Smith, Justin E. H. 1972-
LA English
PP Princeton, NJ
PB Princeton University Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1756835748
AB Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Preamble. A Mathematician’s Murder -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Self- Devouring Octopus; or, Logic -- CHAPTER TWO. “No-Brainers”; or, Reason in Nature -- CHAPTER THREE. The Sleep of Reason; or, Dreams -- CHAPTER FOUR. Dreams into Things; or, Art -- CHAPTER FIVE. “I believe because it is absurd”; or, Pseudoscience -- CHAPTER SIX. Enlightenment; or, Myth -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Human Beast; or, the Internet -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Explosions; or, Jokes and Lies -- CHAPTER NINE. The Impossible Syllogism; or, Death -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
AB From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us—and always will beIn this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history. Ranging across philosophy, politics, and current events, he shows that, throughout history, every triumph of reason has been temporary and reversible, and that rational schemes often result in their polar opposite. Illuminating unreason at a moment when the world appears to have gone mad again, Irrationality is timely, provocative, and fascinating
OP 344
CN 128/.33
SN 978-0-691-21082-7
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Good & Evil
K1 PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General
K1 PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Political
K1 Irrationality
K1 Philosopher
K1 Rationality
K1 Philosophy
K1 Literature
K1 Writing
K1 Reason
K1 Theory
K1 Explanation
K1 Inference
K1 Conspiracy theory
K1 Thought
K1 Science
K1 Ideology
K1 Counter-Enlightenment
K1 Pseudoscience
K1 Syllogism
K1 Politics
K1 Dichotomy
K1 The Philosopher
K1 Religion
K1 Hippasus
K1 Satire
K1 Alt-right
K1 Superiority (short story)
K1 Romanticism
K1 Racism
K1 Falsity
K1 Americans
K1 Absurdity
DO 10.1515/9780691210827