Episode 487

Dan Sperber: The Function of Reason [2.22.17]

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February 23rd, 2017

1 hr 8 mins 56 secs

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About this Episode

DAN SPERBER is a Paris-based social and cognitive scientist. He holds an emeritus research professorship at the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, and he is currently at Central European University, Budapest. He is the creator (with Deirdre Wilson) of "Relevance Theory," and coauthor (with Hugo Mercier) of The Enigma of Reason. Dan Sperber's Edge Bio Page

The conversation:
https://www.edge.org/conversation/dan_sperber-the-function-of-reason