In this classic and deeply insightful book, one of the world's most eminent philosophers describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This edition includes a new introduction by Peter J. Gomes that reflects on the impact of this book in the years since it was written.

In this classic and deeply insightful book, one of the world's most eminent philosophers describes the dilemma of modern man and points a way to the conquest of the problem of anxiety. This edition includes a new introduction by Peter J. Gomes that reflects on the impact of this book in the years since it was written.

How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation , we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking about what would actually explain that evidence, and we take the ability of a hypothesis to explain the evidence as a sign that the hypothesis is correct. In Inference to the Best E...(展开全部)

How do we go about weighing evidence, testing hypotheses, and making inferences? According to the model of Inference to the Best Explanation , we work out what to infer from the evidence by thinking about what would actually explain that evidence, and we take the ability of a hypothesis to explain the evidence as a sign that the hypothesis is correct. In Inference to the Best E...(展开全部)

At once a masterpiece of critical theory and rip-roaring radical humor, this is one of the most spirited attacks on the notion of the "work ethic" ever to be published! Featuring a revised edition of the original English translation by Charles Hope Kerr, this collection also includes four of Paul Lafargue's lesser-known critiques (including the "Cathecism for Investors"), as we...(展开全部)

Exuberant, provocative, and as controversial as when it first appeared in 1880, Paul Lafargue’s The Right to Be Lazy is a call for the workers of the world to unite—and stop working so much! Lafargue, Karl Marx’s son-in-law (about whom Marx once said, “If he is a Marxist, then I am clearly not”) wrote his pamphlet on the virtues of laziness while in prison for giving a socialis...(展开全部)

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柯丽·邓·波姆（1892－1983年），生长于荷兰的一个基督教家庭，是一名钟表匠。二次世界大战期间，她和她的家人帮助、收容了许多受到迫害的犹太人，并因此被送入了纳粹的集中营。她的父亲和大姐都死在集中营里，而幸存下来的柯丽则在战后四处演讲她在战时的经历以及上帝的恩典和引领。她的见证感动并安慰了许多人，也包括那些曾经迫害过她的德国人。1971年，由她与约翰·谢里尔、伊丽莎白·谢里尔合著的自传《密室》问世；1975年同名的电影全球发行。 柯丽·邓·波姆荣获了荷兰女王授予的爵士封号，并获得了以色列授予的国家正义奖。1983年，在她91岁生日当天，在美国去世。

柯丽·邓·波姆（1892－1983年），生长于荷兰的一个基督教家庭，是一名钟表匠。二次世界大战期间，她和她的家人帮助、收容了许多受到迫害的犹太人，并因此被送入了纳粹的集中营。她的父亲和大姐都死在集中营里，而幸存下来的柯丽则在战后四处演讲她在战时的经历以及上帝的恩典和引领。她的见证感动并安慰了许多人，也包括那些曾经迫害过她的德国人。1971年，由她与约翰·谢里尔、伊丽莎白·谢里尔合著的自传《密室》问世；1975年同名的电影全球发行。 柯丽·邓·波姆荣获了荷兰女王授予的爵士封号，并获得了以色列授予的国家正义奖。1983年，在她91岁生日当天，在美国去世。