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200 10$aEmpires of belief$b[electronic resource] $ewhy we need more scepticism and doubt in the twenty-first century /$fStuart Sim
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (217 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-7486-2326-4 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCOVER; 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; 
330   $aChallenges 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.
606   $aBelief and doubt
606   $aSkepticism
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aBelief and doubt.
615  0$aSkepticism.
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906   $aBOOK
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