The new skepticism : inquiry and reliable knowledge / Paul Kurtz.
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Buffalo, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
1992.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The range of skeptical perspective
- Part 1. Skepticism in perspective. Three kinds of skepticism: Nihilism, mitigated skepticism, skeptical inquiry
- A historical overview: Ancient skepticism, modern skepticism
- Part 2. Inquiry and objectivity. Beyond the egocentric predicament
- Reliable knowledge
- Objectivity and the ethics of belief
- Part 3. The paranormal, religion, and fantasy. Skepticism and the paranormal: Reincarnation, faith healing
- Religious unbelief: Igtheism, atheism, agnosticism
- Fantasy and illusion
- Part 4. The judgments of practice. Skepticism and ethical inquiry: Ethical nihilism
- Politics and ethical inquiry
- Eupraxophy.