/lit/ - Literature

What book is the epitome of anti-reductionism?
I will give it to my STEM friend who is suicidal

I tried to escape doomer frame but I come back to doomer again
Whether someone succeeds in getting out or not, recommend me a book about these struggles, or written by the one who was on this trap.

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>never kissed(only cheek kiss in 5th grade or something)
>never held a hand(except in school out of necessity, or when graduating we had to dance Waltz)
>never hugged
>never talked to a girl casually, only when necessary(school, university)
>never had sex
You are like a baby, honestly.

Is there a any philosopher, a book that- gives a critical argument of whether a debate is useful to change one's mind in topic, correcting our way to truth - or not?

Do you think debate is pure pageantry?