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Empires of belief [electronic resource]

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Challenges various forms of fundamentalism and unexamined belief systems from a philosophical and sceptical viewpoint. Is unquestioning belief making a global comeback? This book outlines the history of scepticism in both the Western and Islamic cultural traditions, and from the Enlightenment to postmodernism.

العنوان Empires of belief [electronic resource] : why we need more scepticism and doubt in the twenty-first century / Stuart Sim.
الطبعة 1st ed.
الناشر Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
تاريخ الإصدار c2006
ملاحظات Description based upon print version of record.
Issued also in print.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
رقم الرف COVER
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Empires of Belief, Campaigns for Scepticism
1 Scepticism: A Brief Philosophical History
2 Enlightenment Scepticism: A Campaign Against Unnecessary Hypotheses
3 Super-Scepticism: The Postmodern World
4 Science and Technology as Belief Systems
5 Towards a Sceptical Politics
6 Reasonable Doubt?
Conclusion: The Sceptic Fights Back
Notes
Bibliography
Index

الشكل 1 online resource (217 p.)
اللغة الانكليزية
رقم النظام 997010709698205171
MARC RECORDS

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