What are the limits of logic? | Shahidha Bari, Iain McGilchrist, Beatrix Campbell, Simon Blackburn
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Could it be that a consistent world view is neither desirable nor achievable?
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A favourite debate from 2014: Logicians don't rule the world or get the most done. If we abandon the straightjacket of rationality might this lead to a more powerful and exciting future, or is it a heresy that leads to madness?
Iain McGilchrist is the author of The Master and his Emissary, The Divided Brain and the Making of the Modern World, and former Consultant Psychiatrist at the Bethlem Royal, McGilchrist contributes to the British Medical Journal, the Sunday Times and the TLS.
Simon Blackburn is a Cambridge philosopher and vice-president of the British Humanist Association, his books include Truth, Ruling Passions and Practical Tortoise Raising
Beatrix Campbell is a socialist and feminist activist and writer, Beatrix Campbell has written for the Guardian, New Statesman and Red Rag, as well as nine books including this year's The End of Equality.
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