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The Devil's delusion : atheism and its scientific pretensions / David Berlinski.

By: Berlinski, David, 1942-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Basic Books, c2009Edition: [2nd ed.].Description: xvii, 237 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780465019373 (pbk.); 0465019374 (pbk.).Subject(s): Religion and science | AtheismDDC classification: 215
Contents:
No gods before me -- Nights of doubt -- Horses do not fly -- The cause -- The reason -- A put-up job -- A curious proof that God does not exist -- Our inner ape, a darling, and the human mind -- Miracles in our time -- The cardinal and his cathedral.
Summary: A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. This incisive book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be--indeed must be--the ultimate touchstone for understanding the world.
Item type Current location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Byang Kato Research Library
BL240.3 .B46 2009 (Browse shelf) Available 001010204

""Published in the United States in 2008 by Crown Forum""--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

No gods before me -- Nights of doubt -- Horses do not fly -- The cause -- The reason -- A put-up job -- A curious proof that God does not exist -- Our inner ape, a darling, and the human mind -- Miracles in our time -- The cardinal and his cathedral.

A secular Jew, Berlinski nonetheless delivers a biting defense of religious thought. This incisive book explores the limits of science and the pretensions of those who insist it can be--indeed must be--the ultimate touchstone for understanding the world.

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