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The New Inquisition is a book written by Robert Anton Wilson and first published in 1986. The New Inquisition is a book about ontology, science, paranormal events, and epistemology. Wilson identifies what he calls "Fundamentalist Materialism" belief and compares it to religious fundamentalism.
- Robert Anton Wilson
- 1986
Jan 1, 1986 · The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science. $17.04. (74) Only 7 left in stock (more on the way). The New Inquisition dares to confront the disease of our time; Fundamentalist Materialism. Wilson explains, I am opposing the Fundamentalism, not the Materialism.
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- Robert Anton Wilson
The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science. Robert Anton Wilson. 4.00. 427 ratings17 reviews. The New Inquisition dares to confront the disease of our time; Fundamentalist Materialism. Wilson explains, I am opposing the Fundamentalism, not the Materialism.
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- Paperback
The New Inquisition. “Insofar as the laws of mathematics are certain, they do not refer to reality; and insofar as they refer to reality, they are not certain.”. In daily life and in “common sense,” we use this agnostic caution most of the time and, “expect the unexpected” and “keep our eyes and ears open,” etc.
The Inquisition was a judicial procedure and a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, apostasy, blasphemy, witchcraft, and customs considered deviant. Violence, torture, or the simple threat of its application, were used by the Inquisition to extract confessions and denunciations from heretics. [1] .
Apr 23, 2020 · Like Alfred Korzybski’s Science and Sanity, Robert Anton Wilson’s The New Inquisition seeks to rescue science from fundamentalist materialism, and the rest of us from the broader implications of this approach. It is at once a philosophical treatise and an act of cognitive defiance . . .
- Paperback
- Robert Anton Wilson
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