Beschreibung:
Little known outside his native Australia, David Stove was one of the most illuminating and brilliant philosophical essayists of his era. A fearless attacker of intellectual and cultural orthodoxies, Stove left powerful critiques of scientific irrationalism, Darwinian theories of human behavior, and philosophical idealism.
One: Philosophy and the English Language: How Irrationalism About Science is Made Credible; One: Neutralising Success Words; Two: Sabotaging Logical Expressions; Two: How Irrationalism About Science Began; Three: The Historical Source Located; Four: The Key Premise of Irrationalism Identified; Five: Further Evidence For This Identification; Afterword