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Sceptical essays / by Bertrand Russell.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection B1649.R93 S3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Skepticism.
- Social ethics.
- Intellect.
- Penn Provenance:
- Green, Thelma D., Estate of (donor) (Kislak Center B1649.R93 S3)
- Davis, H.S. (autograph) (Kislak Center B1649.R93 S3)
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W. W. Norton, 1928.
- Contents:
- ch. 1. Introduction: On the value of scepticism
- ch. 2. Dreams and facts
- ch. 3. Is science superstitious?
- ch. 4. Can men be rational?
- ch. 5. Philosophy in the twentieth century
- ch. 6. Machines and the emotions
- ch. 7. Behaviorism and values
- ch. 8. Eastern and Western ideals of happiness
- ch. 9. The harm that good men do
- ch. 10. The recrudescence of Puritanism
- ch. 11. The need for political scepticism
- ch. 12. Free thought and official propaganda
- ch. 13. Freedom in society
- ch. 14. Freedom versus authority in education
- ch. 15. Psychology and politics
- ch. 16. The danger of creed wars
- ch. 17. Some prospects: cheerful and otherwise.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center B1649.R93 S3 presented to the Penn Libraries by the Estate of Thelma D. Green. Autograph of H.S. Davis dated October 1928.
- OCLC:
- 751319
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