Hugo Mercier

Praise for The Enigma of Reason

'Filled with lively stories and vivid examples (involving ants, monsters, mosquitoes and dust bunnies, as well as paltry humans) ... its central thesis is sharp and convincing ... the argumentative theory of ...

Times Literary Supplement

Elegant and compelling ... Mercier and Sperber delight in turning conventional wisdom on its head ... A timely and necessary book

Financial Times

Timely ... an antidote to the dual-process models behind Kahneman's famous Thinking, Fast and Slow. We need a faith in reason, and this book provides strong arguments that such faith is reasonable

Times Higher Education

'Filled with lively stories and vivid examples (involving ants, monsters, mosquitoes and dust bunnies, as well as paltry humans) ... its central thesis is sharp and convincing ... the argumentative theory of ...

Times Literary Supplement

Elegant and compelling ... Mercier and Sperber delight in turning conventional wisdom on its head ... A timely and necessary book

Financial Times

Timely ... an antidote to the dual-process models behind Kahneman's famous Thinking, Fast and Slow. We need a faith in reason, and this book provides strong arguments that such faith is reasonable

Times Higher Education

'Filled with lively stories and vivid examples (involving ants, monsters, mosquitoes and dust bunnies, as well as paltry humans) ... its central thesis is sharp and convincing ... the argumentative theory of ...

Times Literary Supplement

Elegant and compelling ... Mercier and Sperber delight in turning conventional wisdom on its head ... A timely and necessary book

Financial Times

Timely ... an antidote to the dual-process models behind Kahneman's famous Thinking, Fast and Slow. We need a faith in reason, and this book provides strong arguments that such faith is reasonable

Times Higher Education