The New Nonsense: The End of the Rational ConsensusAnalyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social collapse. |
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... developed in different ways by Freud , by Carnap and Wittgenstein , by B. F. Skinner and the early behaviorists , even by the mathematician Kurt Gödel , casts doubt not only on the ultimate powers of reason but ( if we conceive the ...
... developed in different ways by Freud , by Carnap and Wittgenstein , by B. F. Skinner and the early behaviorists , even by the mathematician Kurt Gödel , casts doubt not only on the ultimate powers of reason but ( if we conceive the ...
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... developed ( hence the Victorian emphasis on Character and Enlightenment ) ; but once they had been , they would presumably enable him to re- sist whatever unseemly behavior or idiotic imaginings his more primitive nature might try to ...
... developed ( hence the Victorian emphasis on Character and Enlightenment ) ; but once they had been , they would presumably enable him to re- sist whatever unseemly behavior or idiotic imaginings his more primitive nature might try to ...
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... developed such a huge number of " addictive personalities " ? The answer is suggested by the kinds of society in which the " addictive personality " seems to be perennial - small bored ones in which men are trapped by their own ...
... developed such a huge number of " addictive personalities " ? The answer is suggested by the kinds of society in which the " addictive personality " seems to be perennial - small bored ones in which men are trapped by their own ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
On Being a Believer | 33 |
Touch Hate Feel Etc | 42 |
Copyright | |
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