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Author : Robert Baker Girdlestone
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The anatomy of scepticism written by Robert Baker Girdlestone and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Baker Girdlestone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Anatomy of Scepticism. An Examination Into the Causes of the Progress which Scepticism is Making in England written by Robert Baker Girdlestone and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Wildman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Anatomy of Scepticism, and the Metaphysics of Science written by Richard Wildman and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Manfred Weidhorn
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595409504
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)
Download or read book An Anatomy of Skepticism written by Manfred Weidhorn and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every thoughtful person must ask, "What do I know?" The two most explosive fields, religion and politics, are notably filled with strident and conflicting claims. Close analysis in clear language reveals that no one knows what he or she is talking about. Because of the challenge of unexamined assumptions, of unclear cause-and-effect relationships, and of the rarity of reliable sources, a person who wants to be open-minded cannot avoid adopting skepticism as the least embarrassing philosophy. Some discoveries made in this book: *Reason appears to prove nothing *Intuition is probably a delusion *Facts are slippery *Religious people yearn for suicide *Why socialism cannot work *Where conservatives screwed up badly (as they admit) *The equation STAR+2R+R3=GPS explains the cultural history of the world *Shakespeare was a skeptic *Dante's curious insight into love *Passing the Magic Johnson test *Tom De Lay does not realize that relativism is as American as apple pie *Hamlet, who never existed, is more real than you or I. Here is a sample observation: "People believe in God because the Bible tells all about him, and they believe in the Bible because God wrote or inspired it. This is a classic case of the Fallacy of Circular Reasoning."
Author : Edgar Saltus
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Anatomy of Negation written by Edgar Saltus and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgar Saltus
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (515 download)
Download or read book The Anatomy of Negation written by Edgar Saltus and published by . This book was released on 1949* with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Baker Girdlestone
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Anatomy of Scepticism: an Examination Into the Causes of the Progress which Scepticism is Making in England written by Robert Baker Girdlestone and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jennifer Nagel
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191637319
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction written by Jennifer Nagel and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is knowledge? How does it differ from mere belief? Do you need to be able to justify a claim in order to count as knowing it? How can we know that the outer world is real and not a dream? Questions like these are ancient ones, and the branch of philosophy dedicated to answering them - epistemology - has been active for thousands of years. In this thought-provoking Very Short Introduction, Jennifer Nagel considers these classic questions alongside new puzzles arising from recent discoveries about humanity, language, and the mind. Nagel explains the formation of major historical theories of knowledge, and shows how contemporary philosophers have developed new ways of understanding knowledge, using ideas from logic, linguistics, and psychology. Covering topics ranging from relativism and the problem of scepticism to the trustworthiness of internet sources, Nagel examines how progress has been made in understanding knowledge, using everyday examples to explain the key issues and debates ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Duncan Pritchard
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198829167
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Scepticism written by Duncan Pritchard and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-09-26 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth. Today, as we are bombarded by adverts, scientific studies praising the latest superfoods, and political rhetoric, a healthy amount of scepticism is widely encouraged. But when is such scepticism legitimate - for example, as a driver of new ideas - and when is it problematic? And what role might adopting a sceptical outlook play in leading an intellectually virtuous life? In this Very Short Introduction Duncan Pritchard explores both the advantages of scepticism, in challenging outdated notions, and also how it can have unhelpful social consequences, in generating distrust. He considers the role of scepticism at the source of contemporary social and political movements such as climate change denial, post-truth politics, and fake news. Pritchard also examines the philosophical arguments for a radical form of scepticism which maintains that knowledge is impossible, and explores some of the main responses to these arguments. Finally, he considers the part scepticism might play in applying better thinking and learning to achieve a more meaningful life. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Nicholas B. Tiller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429820879
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)
Download or read book The Skeptic's Guide to Sports Science written by Nicholas B. Tiller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global health and fitness industry is worth an estimated $4 trillion. We spend $90 billion each year on health club memberships and $100 billion each year on dietary supplements. In such an industrial climate, lax regulations on the products we are sold (supplements, fad-diets, training programs, gadgets, and garments) result in marketing campaigns underpinned by strong claims and weak evidence. Moreover, our critical faculties are ill-suited to a culture characterized by fake news, social media, misinformation, and bad science. We have become walking, talking prey to 21st-Century Snake Oil salesmen. In The Skeptic’s Guide to Sports Science, Nicholas B. Tiller confronts the claims behind the products and the evidence behind the claims. The author discusses what might be wrong with the sales pitch, the glossy magazine advert, and the celebrity endorsements that our heuristically-wired brains find so innately attractive. Tiller also explores the appeal of the one quick fix, the fallacious arguments that are a mainstay of product advertising, and the critical steps we must take in retraining our minds to navigate the pitfalls of the modern consumerist culture. This informative and accessible volume pulls no punches in scrutinizing the plausibility of, and evidence for, the most popular sports products and practices on the market. Readers are encouraged to confront their conceptualizations of the industry and, by the book’s end, they will have acquired the skills necessary to independently judge the effectiveness of sports-related products. This treatise on the commercialization of science in sport and exercise is a must-read for exercisers, athletes, students, and practitioners who hope to retain their intellectual integrity in a lucrative health and fitness industry that is spiraling out-of-control.
Author : John Greco
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199909857
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism written by John Greco and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the history of philosophical thought, few themes loom as large as skepticism. Skepticism has been the most visible and important part of debates about knowledge. Skepticism at its most basic questions our cognitive achievements, challenges our ability to obtain reliable knowledge; casting doubt on our attempts to seek and understand the truth about everything from ethics, to other minds, religious belief, and even the underlying structure of matter and reality. Since Descartes, the defense of knowledge against skepticism has been one of the primary tasks not just of epistemology but philosophy itself. The Oxford Handbook of Skepticism features twenty-six newly commissioned chapters by top figures in the field. Part One contains articles explaining important kinds of skeptical reasoning. Part Two focuses on responses to skeptical arguments. Part Three concentrates on important contemporary issues revolving around skepticism. As the first volume of its kind, the articles make significant contributions to the debate on skepticism.
Author : K. Meeker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137025557
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Hume's Radical Scepticism and the Fate of Naturalized Epistemology written by K. Meeker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating David Hume as a partner in a continuing philosophical dialogue, this book tries to come to terms with Hume's influential thoughts on scepticism and naturalism in a way that sheds light on contemporary philosophy and its relationship to science.
Author : Barry Stroud
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191519936
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism written by Barry Stroud and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1984-07-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book raises questions about the nature of philosophy by examining the source and significance of one central philosophical problem: how can we know anything about the world around us? Stroud discusses and criticizes the views of such philosophers as Descartes, Kant, J.L. Austin, G.E. Moore, R. Carnap, W.V. Quine, and others.
Author : A. C. Grayling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441104658
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Scepticism and the Possibility of Knowledge written by A. C. Grayling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scepticism as a philosophical term is as old as the Greeks but has more recently been advanced by Montaigne, Descartes and Hume. To these, what little we know that seems certain is based on observation and habit as opposed to any logical or scientific necessity. Thus, sceptical views relate directly to epistemology-the theory of knowledge and what we can know-and, in the modern turbulent world, it is grayling's contention that these are issues that all contemporary people need to focus on. In seeking understanding of the human condition we need more than just a set of beliefs about it: all belief is irrational. We want to know or garner some kind of proof about the fundamental truths of human existence. This is the crux of the dilemma facing intelligent people today and is illuminated by this book.
Author : W. Hamlin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230502768
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Tragedy and Scepticism in Shakespeare's England written by W. Hamlin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hamlin's study provides the first full-scale account of the reception and literary appropriation of ancient scepticism in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (c. 1570-1630). Offering abundant archival evidence as well as fresh treatments of Florio's Montaigne and Bacon's career-long struggle with the challenges of epistemological doubt, Hamlin's book explores the deep connections between scepticism and tragedy in plays ranging from Doctor Faustus and Troilus and Cressida to The Tragedy of Mariam , The Duchess of Malfi , and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore .
Author : John Fordyce
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Aspects of Scepticism written by John Fordyce and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert A. Burton, M.D.
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 125002840X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind written by Robert A. Burton, M.D. and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
