Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Empires of belief, campaigns for scepticism -- Scepticism: a brief philosophical history -- Enlightenment scepticism: a campaign against unnecessary hypotheses -- Super-scepticism: the postmodern world -- Science and technology as belief systems -- Towards a sceptical politics -- Reasonable doubt? -- Conclusion: The sceptic fights back.