Hugo Mercier on The Function of Reason
Cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier and his colleague Dan Sperber have made waves with the surprising results of years of research – that our power to reason has nothing to do with accuracy or truth-seeking.
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Cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier and his colleague Dan Sperber have made waves with the surprising results of years of research – that our power to reason has nothing to do with accuracy or truth-seeking.
Guy Claxton is Co-Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning, and Professor of the Learning Sciences, University of Winchester.
Speakers include Madeleine Bunting, Robert Rowland Smith, Elizabeth Oldfield and Jonathan Rowson.