Essays in skepticism / Bertrans Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skepticism.

Philosophy.

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (102 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Philosophical Library, [1962]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>Russell, the sage non-conformist, is always meaningful, no matter what the topic or the issue. In this small book are some of his old but nonetheless remarkable observations, and some of the thoughts he expressed on his 90th birthday. Here are titles, taken at random from the Table of Contents: Psychoanalysis Takes a Look; Envy and Belief; On Male Superiority; What Social Science Can Do; Intellectual Rubbish; Don't Be Too Certain; On Being Old.<BR /><BR /><BR /></DIV>

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; I - MAN'S RECORD OF BELIEFS; PRINCIPAL CAUSES ARE HUMAN; MAN'S WORST ENEMY-MAN; OUR SADISTIC IMPULSES; THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN MAN'S CRUEL RECORD; THE PSYCHOANALYSTS TAKE A LOOK; EMOTIONS AND SUPERSTITION; ENVY AS A SOURCE OF FALSE BELIEFS; THE FALSE PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMIC NATIONALISM; PRIDE OF RACE; THE SUPERSTITION OF MALE SUPERIORITY; SOME BAD EFFECTS OF MALE DOMINATION; CLASS DISTINCTIONS; PRIDE OF CREED; THE DELUSION OF DIVINE FAVOR; THE CHANCES ARE THAT OUR IDEAS ARE WRONG; WHAT SOCIAL SCIENCE CAN DO; WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS; II - INTELLECTUAL RUBBISH

III - ATHEISM AND AGNOSTICISMSIN AND THE BISHOPS; DON'T BE TOO CERTAIN!; PROOF OF GOD; SKEPTICISM; PERSECUTION; IV - ON BEING OLD; EASY LABELS; MORE OF A REBEL; Notes; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9781497675681

1497675685

OCLC:

893186762