理性之谜
The enigma of reason
Hugo Mercier、Dan Sperber、Liam Gerrard · 初版 2017 年
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为什么值得读
- 提出理性演化服务于群体辩论而非个体求真
- 深刻剖析人类论证行为背后隐蔽的自私动机
- 论证严密扎实，能够打破对人类理性的固有认知
人们常说，理性是使我们成其为人的原因，是知识与智慧的源泉。如果理性如此有用，为什么它没有在其他动物身上演化出来？如果理性如此可靠，为什么我们又会产生那么多看似经过周密推理的荒谬之论？Hugo Mercier 与 Dan Sperber 在其关于理性演化与运作机制的开创性阐述中，着手解开这个双重谜团。结合现实与实验证据，他们令人信服地提出：理性并非用于独自思考以形成更佳的信念与决策。相反，理性的作用在于帮助我们证明自身信念的合理性
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…Factfulness by Hans Rosling - The War on Science by Shawn Otto - Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson - The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan - The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier Fiction: - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie - The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson - The Magicians by Lev Grossman The non-fiction books were all incredible and highly…
> 《The Enigma of Reason》（Hugo Mercier 和 Dan Sperber，2017 年）：他们的论证理论（argumentative theory）认为，人类推理能力的进化是为了满足社交需求，而非个人认知目的，是为了在群体语境中产生和评估论点。……
> The Enigma of Reason (Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber, 2017): their argumentative theory holds that reasoning evolved for social rather than individual epistemic purposes, to produce and evaluate arguments in group contexts.…
……论证得非常扎实，探讨了（进化而来的、人类的）理性可能是如何运作的，这本书就是 Hugo Mercier 和 Dan Sperber 写的《The Enigma of Reason》（尽管它的基本前提相当反直觉——至少对我来说是这样——直到快读完时我才真正“顿悟”）。是一位美国法医学教授推荐给我的，大概是我 2019 年读过的最重要的书之一。我不想把它吹得太神，但我确实……
…very well argued, although the basic premise was quite unintuitive - to me at least - it only started to "click" towards the end of the book) on how (evolved, human) reason might work is the book The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber. It was suggested to me by an American forensics professor and was probably one of the most important books I read in 2019. I don't want to hype it too much, but I sort…
……Life》会是我的首选。整本书都在讲人们的动机其实比你想象的要自私得多，包括你自己的动机也是如此。如果你喜欢那本，而且真想彻底往深处探究，可以试试《The Enigma of Reason》。
…Life would be my go-to. It's all about how people's motives are a lot more self-serving than you might think, including your own. If you liked that, and then really want to go off the deep end, try The Enigma of Reason.
我在想，如果你指的不是楼下评论推荐的 Jonathan Haidt 的那本书，那你要找的参考资料是不是认知心理学家 Hugo Mercier 和 Dan Sperber（2017 年）写的《The Enigma of Reason》？在那本书中（这里引用一下摘要），Mercier 和 Sperber 认为，理性“并非旨在单独使用，也不是为了达成……
I wonder if the reference you are reaching for, if it's not the Jonathan Haidt book suggested by a sibling comment, is The Enigma of Reason by the cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber (2017). In that book (quoting here from the abstract), Mercier and Sperber argue that reason 'is not geared to solitary use, to arriving at…
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