Me (dumb guy): There are thousands of books using Enlightenment to mean a period in time & thoughts of Kant, Hume, etc. You (smart guy): Let's ignore them and define Enlightenment to mean whatever arbitrary ideas Steven Pinker welds togetherhttps://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1004426458368897024 …
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Sure, that would be good. I like "neo-Enlightenment". Anyway, your dunk was very far from a fair characterization of what I said...

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Why should we even entertain the idea that Pinker should be allowed to sever the ideas from their context and historic meaning as though that clarifies rather than muddles things.
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