Reason to Win
20/06/11 12:01
An interesting theory is making the rounds, wherein it is argued that the development of reason and logic was prompted not by a noble search for truth, but for the more prosaic cause of winning arguments. This, of course, presupposes the existence of language and communication before the constraints of critical thinking. I guess we’ve all seen examples of that earlier state even today...
The comments on the article are again interesting in their own right.
We delight in the recursive quality of the arguments about argumentation...
The comments on the article are again interesting in their own right.
We delight in the recursive quality of the arguments about argumentation...
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