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Empires of belief why we need more scepticism and doubt in the twenty-first century

By:

Sim, Stuart

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2006Description: vi,210pISBN:

9790748623266

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DDC classification:

121.2 22 SI-E

Contents:

Introduction: Empires of belief, campaigns for scepticism -- Scepticism: a brief philosophical history -- Enlightenment scepticism: a campaign against unnecessary hypotheses -- Super-scepticism: the postmodern world -- Science and technology as belief systems -- Towards a sceptical politics -- Reasonable doubt? -- Conclusion: The sceptic fights back.

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Print	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus Main Library	Special Collection - Indiana University	121.2 SI-E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007544

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

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