Legitimation of belief
By: Ernest Gellner. --
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: London; New York
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Belief and doubt.; Knowledge, Sociology of.; Philosophy, Modern.
Description: "The main aim of this thoughtful and thought-provoking book is to characterize and explain the difference between pre-scientific systems of belief within which science could, and did, emerge and develop. Using the armoury of both philosophy and anthropology, Ernest Gellner attacks his task with his customary sharp wit and polemical gusto."--Times Literary Supplement.
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