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False Truths: The Error of Relying on Authority - Couverture souple

Mendler, Edward C.

 
9780761862994: False Truths: The Error of Relying on Authority
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0761862994 ISBN 13 : 9780761862994
Editeur : Hamilton Books, 2014

Synopsis

In False Truths, Edward C. Mendler contends that many of the beliefs, tenets, conclusions, and understandings that are widely accepted as "truths" are, in fact, not valid at all. Such dubious and false concepts arise not only in philosophy and theology but also under the rubrics of cosmology, quantum physics, democracy, freedom, economics, and various aspects of "human nature" and evolution. We accept and absorb these false ideas because they were and are propounded by "authorities," both ancient and modern. Mendler asserts that we should challenge them all - from Plato on to contemporary theorists in all of those fields - and question and analyze every element of their conclusions.

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À propos de l'auteur

Edward C. Mendler grew up in South Bend, Indiana. He served as a Navy radio technician in Guam during the Bikini A-bomb tests in 1946. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School, from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (magna cum laude), and from Harvard Law School. Mendler practiced law in Boston for fifty years. He has studied and written about philosophy, science, law, and government as well as fiction.

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Éditeur
Hamilton Books
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0761862994
ISBN 13 
9780761862994
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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