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Fictions of certitude : science, faith, and the search for meaning, 1840-1920 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haller, John S., Jr., 1940- (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Religion and science > History > 19th century.
Religion and science > History > 20th century.
Faith and reason > History > 19th century.
Faith and reason > History > 20th century.
Intellectuals > Biography.
Faith and reason.
Intellectuals.
Religion and science.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Positivism : Auguste Comte
  • Assent : John Henry Newman
  • The unknown : Herbert Spencer
  • Higher intelligence : Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Agnosticism : Thomas Henry Huxley
  • Cosmic theism : John Fiske
  • Will to believe : William James
  • Telesis : Lester Frank Ward
  • Entheism : Paul Carus
  • Roads not taken.