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Grand theories and everyday beliefs: science, philosophy, and their histories
Grand theories and everyday beliefs: science, philosophy, and their histories
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Matson, Wallace I
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Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2011
Language
English
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Introduction
pt. 1. Before Miletus
A brief history of coping
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High and low beliefs
The "will to believe"
Eden
Babylon
pt. 2. Miletus to Alexandria
Miletus: the invention of science
Anaximander and Anaximenes
Science and philosophy come to Italy
Athens I
Atomism
Athens II: Plato
Athens III: Aristotle
Alexandria
Beliefs about believers
pt. 3. The legacy of Chrisitanity
Jerusalem collides with Athens
Cartesianism
Miletus preserved I: Hobbes
Institutions
Miletus preserved II: Spinoza
The strange case of David Hume
Ethics without edification
L'envoi
Conclusion?
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Belief and doubt
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Evolutionary psychology
History
Knowledge, Theory of
Philosophy
Philosophy -- History
Science
Science -- History
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9780199812691
9780199812707
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