Book Review: Enlightenment Now - by Michael Magoon

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Book Review: Enlightenment Now

The case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker

Apr 05, 2024

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I also present a critique of Steven Pinker’s view that modern progress was created by the values of the Enlightenment:

Did the Enlightenment cause modern progress? (podcast version)

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