When reason goes on holiday

[DrZoidberg]

This is an awesome book about how shit philosophers are are predicting political developments.

Its also about how shit philosophers are at catching their own biases

It questions the evidence as to whether philosophy makes us smarter

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If you are into philosophy, this book is great

 

[Wiploc]

From the above link, I got the title and more:

When Reason Goes on Holiday: Philosophers in Politics​

Neven Sesardić​

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29502521-when-reason-goes-on-holiday#CommunityReviews

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Philosophers usually emphasize the importance of logic, clarity and reason. Therefore when they address political issues they will usually inject a dose of rationality in these discussions, right?

Wrong. This book gives a lot of examples showing the unexpected level of political irrationality among leading contemporary philosophers. The body of the book presents a detailed analysis of extreme leftist views of a number of famous philosophers and their occasional descent into apology for—and occasionally even active participation in—totalitarian politics. Most of these episodes are either virtually unknown (even inside the philosophical community) or have received very little attention.

The author tries to explain how it was possible that so many luminaries of twentieth-century philosophy, who invoked reason and exhibited rigor and careful thinking in their professional work, succumbed to irrationality and ended up supporting some of the most murderous political regimes and ideologies. The huge leftist bias in contemporary philosophy and its persistence over the years is certainly a factor but it is far from being the whole story.

Interestingly, the indisputably high intelligence of these philosophers did not actually protect them from descending into political insanity. It is argued that, on the contrary, both their brilliance and the high esteem they enjoyed in the profession only made them more self-confident and less cautious, thereby eventually making them blind to their betrayal of reason and the monstrosity of the causes they defended.

 

[pood]

Is there some point to this thread other than to validate Dr. Zoid’s nonsensical posts?

 

[Gospel]

Is there some point to this thread other than to validate Dr. Zoid’s nonsensical posts?

Ahh, it doesn’t validate anything of the sort! From what I gathered in Wiploc’s post, it’s actually about how reason tends to overreach. You know, reason without experience, or worse, reason without critique… that’s how you end up with a DrZoidberg situation. In other words, just another episode of DrZoidberg garggling his own foot, and somehow thinking that helps his case.