Author: Clarence Augustus WalworthPublisher:
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Gentle Skeptic
Author: Clarence Augustus WalworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Gentle Skeptic; Or, Essays and Conversations of a Country Justice (J. Bird) on the Authenticity and Truthfulness of the Old Testament Records. Edited [or Rather, Written] by the Rev. C. Walworth
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Author: Jonathan BIRDA Skeptic's Guide to the Mind
Author: Robert A. Burton, M.D.Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125002840X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control? Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world's greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a decent understanding of what the mind is or how it works. The gap between what the brain does and the mind experiences remains uncharted territory. Nevertheless, with powerful new tools such as the fMRI scan, neuroscience has become the de facto mode of explanation of behavior. Neuroscientists tell us why we prefer Coke to Pepsi, and the media trumpets headlines such as "Possible site of free will found in brain." Or: "Bad behavior down to genes, not poor parenting." Robert Burton believes that while some neuroscience observations are real advances, others are overreaching, unwarranted, wrong-headed, self-serving, or just plain ridiculous, and often with the potential for catastrophic personal and social consequences. In A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind, he brings together clinical observations, practical thought experiments, personal anecdotes, and cutting-edge neuroscience to decipher what neuroscience can tell us – and where it falls woefully short. At the same time, he offers a new vision of how to think about what the mind might be and how it works. A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind is a critical, startling, and expansive journey into the mysteries of the brain and what makes us human.
The Politics of Skepticism in the Ancients, Montaigne, Hume, and Kant
Author: John Christian LaursenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004246843
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book brings out the profound influence of the tradition of philosophical skepticism on political thought. It shows that many of the root ideas of liberalism in early modern thought were a product of engagement with the skeptical tradition. The book begins with the first extended discussion in the literature of the political implications of ancient skepticism, asking the question, "Can Skeptics Live a Skeptical Politics?" The following sections explore the influence of skepticism on the political thought of Montaigne, Hume, and Kant. The case is made that some forms of liberalism derived from these thinkers have been historically closely bound up with skepticism.
Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia
Author: ohne AutorPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3846048054
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.
Adam's Ancestors
Author: David N. LivingstonePublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401436
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
He reveals how what began as biblical criticism became a theological apologetic to reconcile religion with science—evolution in particular—and was later used to support arguments for white supremacy and segregation. From heresy to orthodoxy, from radicalism to conservatism, from humanitarianism to racism, Adam's Ancestors tells an intriguing tale of twists and turns in the cultural politics surrounding the age-old question, "Where did we come from?"
Catalogue of Books in the Mercantile Library, of the City of New York
Author: Mercantile Library Association of the City of New-YorkPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Catalog of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco
Author: Mercantile Library Association (San Francisco, Calif.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library
Author: Mercantile Library Association (San Francisco, Calif.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 976
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco
Author: San Francisco (Calif.). Mercantile Library AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description