出版社: Viking
副标题: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
出版年: 2021-9-28
页数: 432
定价: USD 32.00
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780525561996
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Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding–and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing?
Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply irrational–cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and i...
Today humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding–and also appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that developed vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, medical quackery, and conspiracy theorizing?
Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply irrational–cavemen out of time saddled with biases, fallacies, and illusions. After all, we discovered the laws of nature, lengthened and enriched our lives, and set out the benchmarks for rationality itself. We actually think in ways that are sensible in the low-tech contexts in which we spend most of our lives, but fail to take advantage of the powerful tools of reasoning we’ve discovered over the millennia: logic, critical thinking, probability, correlation and causation, and optimal ways to update beliefs and commit to choices individually and with others. These tools are not a standard part of our education, and have never been presented clearly and entertainingly in a single book–until now.
Rationality also explores its opposite: how the rational pursuit of self-interest, sectarian solidarity, and uplifting mythology can add up to crippling irrationality in a society. Collective rationality depends on norms that are explicitly designed to promote objectivity and truth.
Rationality matters. It leads to better choices in our lives and in the public sphere, and is the ultimate driver of social justice and moral progress. Brimming with Pinker’s customary insight and humor, Rationality will enlighten, inspire, and empower.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time‘s 100 Most Influential People and one of Foreign Policy‘s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. His books include The Stuff of Thought, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Th...
Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time‘s 100 Most Influential People and one of Foreign Policy‘s 100 Leading Global Thinkers. His books include The Stuff of Thought, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Blank Slate, and The Sense of Style.
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2 有用 撒冷的乌凌 2022-02-22 23:08:00
听到一半的时候感觉这本书很像也引用了太多Kahneman那本书。JP老师说这本书=Thinking fast and slow + the book of why + a bit about Bayesian并且作者过多重复以前讲过的东西,感觉概括得很准确。不过作者在第七章引用的材料还挺有用的,因此还是愿意给四颗星。
0 有用 没有色彩的红魔 2022-02-02 19:58:05
self motive reasoning is the default mindset, trying our best to be rational.
0 有用 gavin.j 2021-11-07 21:35:10
在威权政治兴起,假新闻泛滥,部落主义为先的当下时代,主动选择谈论理性大概不亚于在米其林餐厅里点食水煮鸡胸。但切勿太快结论,pinker眼中的理性是极具现代性的多元概念,它是经济场域里的游戏理论,是统计学中的贝叶斯推断,是心理学范畴的理性选择与预期效用。他提醒人们人类进步的基础不在于宗教,主义,或者一厢情愿的期待。在看似至暗的时刻,Pinker镇定自若的解析理性的人性与社会基础显得弥足珍贵。
2 有用 欧阳不通 2021-12-13 21:44:30
读平克的每一本书的时候,都会获得一种making sense of things的喜悦感。在他的一部分书中这感受比较纯粹是智力层面上的;而这本书与Blank Slate,Better Angels of our Nature 和 Enlightenment Now一脉相承地,还深深植根于人文主义的关怀。 他经常在各个方面告诉我们,人和世界有怎样的问题,但是这为什么并不那么可怕,我们可以如何应对…... 读平克的每一本书的时候,都会获得一种making sense of things的喜悦感。在他的一部分书中这感受比较纯粹是智力层面上的;而这本书与Blank Slate,Better Angels of our Nature 和 Enlightenment Now一脉相承地,还深深植根于人文主义的关怀。 他经常在各个方面告诉我们,人和世界有怎样的问题,但是这为什么并不那么可怕,我们可以如何应对……以及这一切背后的道理是怎样的。 (展开)
0 有用 钱自由 2021-11-06 18:43:41
在audible听完的,但是没多少启发。可能是我英语水平不高没有接到他的精髓?或许我得再听一遍。 再次深感外国学者就一个问题全方位分析而写一本书的耐力。
0 有用 Libri 2022-12-26 14:54:46 北京
暴力是不需要解释的,需要解释的是和平;贫穷是不需要解释的,需要解释的是富裕;非理性是不需要解释的,需要解释的是理性;因为前者是人类的自然状态,后者是才是人为的结果。
2 有用 撒冷的乌凌 2022-02-22 23:08:00
听到一半的时候感觉这本书很像也引用了太多Kahneman那本书。JP老师说这本书=Thinking fast and slow + the book of why + a bit about Bayesian并且作者过多重复以前讲过的东西,感觉概括得很准确。不过作者在第七章引用的材料还挺有用的,因此还是愿意给四颗星。
0 有用 没有色彩的红魔 2022-02-02 19:58:05
self motive reasoning is the default mindset, trying our best to be rational.
2 有用 欧阳不通 2021-12-13 21:44:30
读平克的每一本书的时候,都会获得一种making sense of things的喜悦感。在他的一部分书中这感受比较纯粹是智力层面上的;而这本书与Blank Slate,Better Angels of our Nature 和 Enlightenment Now一脉相承地,还深深植根于人文主义的关怀。 他经常在各个方面告诉我们,人和世界有怎样的问题,但是这为什么并不那么可怕,我们可以如何应对…... 读平克的每一本书的时候,都会获得一种making sense of things的喜悦感。在他的一部分书中这感受比较纯粹是智力层面上的;而这本书与Blank Slate,Better Angels of our Nature 和 Enlightenment Now一脉相承地,还深深植根于人文主义的关怀。 他经常在各个方面告诉我们,人和世界有怎样的问题,但是这为什么并不那么可怕,我们可以如何应对……以及这一切背后的道理是怎样的。 (展开)
0 有用 gavin.j 2021-11-07 21:35:10
在威权政治兴起,假新闻泛滥,部落主义为先的当下时代,主动选择谈论理性大概不亚于在米其林餐厅里点食水煮鸡胸。但切勿太快结论,pinker眼中的理性是极具现代性的多元概念,它是经济场域里的游戏理论,是统计学中的贝叶斯推断,是心理学范畴的理性选择与预期效用。他提醒人们人类进步的基础不在于宗教,主义,或者一厢情愿的期待。在看似至暗的时刻,Pinker镇定自若的解析理性的人性与社会基础显得弥足珍贵。