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

Title
Empires of belief : why we need more scepticism and doubt in the twenty-first century / Stuart Sim.
Author
Sim, Stuart.
Publication
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.

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Description
vi, 210 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Stuart Sim outlines the history of scepticism in Western and Islamic cultural traditions, and from the Enlightenment to postmodernism.
Subject
  • Belief and doubt
  • Skepticism
  • Belief and doubt
  • Skepticism
  • Skepsis
  • Kulturphilosophie
  • Scepticisme
  • Twijfel
  • Geloof en wetenschap
  • Tro och vetande
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0748623264
  • 9780748623266
  • 0801444322
  • 9780801444326
LCCN
  • 2008425760
  • 99816391861
  • 9780801444326
OCLC
  • ocm70843994
  • 70843994
  • SCSB-9479332
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library