Stop Being Reasonable

What if you aren’t who you think you are?



What if you don’t really know the people closest to you?



And what if your most deeply-held beliefs turn out to be … wrong?



In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells six lucid, gripping stories that show the limits of human reason.



From the woman who realised her husband harboured a terrible secret, to the man who left the cult he had been raised in since birth, and the British reality TV contestant who, having impersonated someone else for a month, discovered he could no longer return to his former identity, all of the people interviewed radically altered their beliefs about the things that matter most.



What made them change course? How should their reversals affect how we think about our own beliefs? And in an increasingly divided world, what do they teach us about how we might change the minds of others?



Inspiring, perceptive, and often moving, Stop Being Reasonable explores the place where philosophy and real life meet. Ultimately, it argues that when it comes to finding out what’s true or convincing others about what we know, being rational might involve our hearts as well as our minds.

Ce se intampla daca nu sunteti cine credeti ca sunteti? Ce se intampla daca nu cunoasteti cu adevarat oamenii cei mai apropiati de voi? Si daca credintele dvs. cele mai profunde se dovedesc a fi ... gresite? In Stop Being Reasonable, filosof si jurnalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith spune sase povesti lucide, captivante, care arata limitele ratiunii umane: de la femeia care si-a dat seama ca sotul ei avea un secret teribil, pana la barbatul care a parasit cultul in care fusese crescut inca de la nastere si televiziunea britanica de realitate. concurent care, dupa ce a uzurbat pe altcineva timp de o luna, a descoperit ca nu mai poate reveni la identitatea sa anterioara, toate persoanele intervievate si-au modificat radical convingerile despre lucrurile care conteaza cel mai mult. Ce le-a facut sa schimbe cursul?