Title: Legitimation of belief
First published: 1974
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.
Subjects: Belief and doubt, Knowledge, Theory of, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Modern, Theory of Knowledge, Sociology of Knowledge, Philosophy, history, Social sciences, Knowledge, Sociology of
LC classification: B791 .G4