W. K. Clifford and the Ethics of Belief

Name: W. K. Clifford and the Ethics of Belief
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ISBN: 9781443816489

ISBN-10: 1443816485

ISBN-13: 9781443816489

Edition: 2010

Authors: Timothy J. Madigan

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W. K. Clifford (1845-1879) was a noted mathematician and popularizer of science in the Victorian era. Although he made major contributions in the field of geometry, he is perhaps best known for a short essay he wrote in 1876, entitled "The Ethics of Belief", in which he argued that "It is wrong always, everywhere, and for any one, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence." Delivered initially as an address to the august Metaphysical Society (whose members included such luminaries as Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Gladstone, T. H. Huxley, and assorted scientists, clerics and philosophers of differing metaphysical views, "The Ethics of Belief" became a rallying cry for freethinkers and a…

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List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.792
Language: English