Author |
Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966-
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Subject |
Reason.
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Reasoning.
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Rationalism.
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Description |
1 online resource (xii, 166 pages) |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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. |
Summary |
A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution. |
ISBN |
026230113X (electronic bk.) |
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9780262301138 (electronic bk.) |
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1280499249 |
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9781280499241 |
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9780262017220 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0262017229 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
ISBN/ISSN |
9786613594471 |
OCLC # |
782108087 |
Additional Format |
Print version: Lynch, Michael P. (Michael Patrick), 1966- In praise of reason. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012 9780262017220 (DLC) 2011038298 (OCoLC)754389845 |
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