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In praise of reason / Michael P. Lynch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reason.
- Reasoning.
- Rationalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- 2012.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution.
- Contents:
- Hope and reason
- Neither slave nor master: reason, intuition and emotion
- "Nothing but dreams and smoke"
- Reasons end: tradition and common sense
- The "sacred tradition of humanity"
- Truth and the pathos of distance.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-30034-6
- 1-280-49924-9
- 9786613594471
- 0-262-30113-X
- OCLC:
- 835886194
- Publisher Number:
- 9786613594471
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