Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know® - Brossura

Ruse, Michael

 
9780199334582: Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know®
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ISBN 10: 0199334587 ISBN 13: 9780199334582
Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 2015

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Over the last decade, "New Atheists" such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion. Yet very few of the ensuing debates and discussions have managed to provide a full and objective treatment of the subject.

Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know provides a balanced look at the topic, considering atheism historically, philosophically, theologically, sociologically and psychologically. Written in an easily accessible style, the book uses a question and answer format to examine the history of atheism, arguments for and against atheism, the relationship between religion and science, and the issue of the meaning of life-and whether or not one can be a happy and satisfied atheist. Above all, the author stresses that the atheism controversy is not just a matter of the facts, but a matter of burning moral concern, both about the stand one should take on the issues and the consequences of one's commitment.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Michael Ruse was born in 1940 in England. Raised in a Quaker family, he went to Bootham School in York and then to the University of Bristol, where he majored in mathematics and philosophy. In 1962 he emigrated to Canada and did graduate work at McMaster University in Ontario. He returned to Bristol to do his doctoral degree in philosophy. He taught at the University of Guelph from 1965 to 2000, and then to avoid compulsory retirement moved south to Florida State University. He is the author or editor of over fifty books, the founding editor of Biology and Philosophy, the recipient of four honorary degrees, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Gifford Lecturer, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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Editore
Oxford University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2015
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0199334587
ISBN 13 
9780199334582
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
304
Contatto del produttore
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9780199334599: Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know®

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ISBN 10:  0199334595 ISBN 13:  9780199334599
Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2015
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