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- catalog abstract ""The skeptical world view has been given little currency even in advanced societies, because of a cultural prohibition against the criticism of religion. At the same time, science has become increasingly narrow and specialized so that few people can draw on its broader intellectual and cultural implications. Skepticism and Humanism attempts to meet this need. It defends skepticism as a method for developing reliable knowledge by using scientific inquiry and reason to test all claims to truth. It also defends scientific naturalism - an evolutionary view of nature, life, and the human species. Kurtz sees the dominant religious doctrines as drawn from an agricultural/nomadic past, and emphasizes the need for a new outlook applicable to the post-industrial information age." "There can be no doubt that as a new global civilization emerges, scientific naturalism, rationalism, and secular humanism have something significant to say about the meaning of life. Skepticism and Humanism shows how they can be used to foster democratic values and social prosperity. The book will be important for philosophers, scientists, and all those concerned with contemporary issues."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11969167.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The skeptical world view has been given little currency even in advanced societies, because of a cultural prohibition against the criticism of religion. At the same time, science has become increasingly narrow and specialized so that few people can draw on its broader intellectual and cultural implications. Skepticism and Humanism attempts to meet this need. It defends skepticism as a method for developing reliable knowledge by using scientific inquiry and reason to test all claims to truth. It also defends scientific naturalism - an evolutionary view of nature, life, and the human species.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: A New Paradigm for the Third Millennium -- Skeptics of the World Unite! -- Antiscience Paradigms -- Skeptical Inquiry -- Skepticism and the Paranormal -- The Escape to Oblivion -- Fears of the Apocalypse -- Scientific Tests of Astrology -- The "Mars Effect" -- In Defense of Scientific Medicine -- Can the Sciences Be Unified? -- Should Skeptical Inquiry Be Applied to Religion? -- Why Do People Believe or Disbelieve? -- Beyond Religion -- First Things First -- Is Secular Humanism a Religion? -- Important Lessons on the Collapse of Marxism -- Rising Above the Ancient Loyalties: Who Is a Jew? -- Morality without God -- Humanism and the Idea of Freedom -- Neo-Humanist Politics -- The Need for a New Secular Coalition -- The McCarthyites of Virtue -- Where Are the Secularists? -- Darwin Re-Crucified -- Confronting "the Corporate Mystique" -- The Global Mediocracy -- The Population Time Bomb -- Reflections on the New Left Students' Movement -- New Direction for Liberalism -- Humanism Writ Large -- The Evolution of Contemporary Humanism -- The Humanist Prospect -- The Infomedia Revolution -- Science and Reason in an Irrational World -- Do the Arts Convey Knowledge? -- Selected List of Publications / Paul Kurtz.".
- catalog description "Kurtz sees the dominant religious doctrines as drawn from an agricultural/nomadic past, and emphasizes the need for a new outlook applicable to the post-industrial information age." "There can be no doubt that as a new global civilization emerges, scientific naturalism, rationalism, and secular humanism have something significant to say about the meaning of life. Skepticism and Humanism shows how they can be used to foster democratic values and social prosperity. The book will be important for philosophers, scientists, and all those concerned with contemporary issues."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog extent "306 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0765800519 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers,".
- catalog subject "144 21".
- catalog subject "BL2747.6 .K89 2001".
- catalog subject "Humanism.".
- catalog subject "Secularism.".
- catalog subject "Skepticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: A New Paradigm for the Third Millennium -- Skeptics of the World Unite! -- Antiscience Paradigms -- Skeptical Inquiry -- Skepticism and the Paranormal -- The Escape to Oblivion -- Fears of the Apocalypse -- Scientific Tests of Astrology -- The "Mars Effect" -- In Defense of Scientific Medicine -- Can the Sciences Be Unified? -- Should Skeptical Inquiry Be Applied to Religion? -- Why Do People Believe or Disbelieve? -- Beyond Religion -- First Things First -- Is Secular Humanism a Religion? -- Important Lessons on the Collapse of Marxism -- Rising Above the Ancient Loyalties: Who Is a Jew? -- Morality without God -- Humanism and the Idea of Freedom -- Neo-Humanist Politics -- The Need for a New Secular Coalition -- The McCarthyites of Virtue -- Where Are the Secularists? -- Darwin Re-Crucified -- Confronting "the Corporate Mystique" -- The Global Mediocracy -- The Population Time Bomb -- Reflections on the New Left Students' Movement -- New Direction for Liberalism -- Humanism Writ Large -- The Evolution of Contemporary Humanism -- The Humanist Prospect -- The Infomedia Revolution -- Science and Reason in an Irrational World -- Do the Arts Convey Knowledge? -- Selected List of Publications / Paul Kurtz.".
- catalog title "Skepticism and humanism : the new paradigm / Paul Kurtz.".
- catalog type "text".