The uses of pessimism : and the danger of false hope /
Scruton, Roger.
The uses of pessimism : and the danger of false hope / by Roger Scruton. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 232 p. ; 22 cm.
The first-person future -- The best case fallacy -- The born free fallacy -- The utopian fallacy -- The zero sum fallacy -- The planning fallacy -- The moving spirit fallacy -- The aggregation fallacy -- Defenses against the truth -- Our tribal past -- Our civil present -- Our human future.
9780199747535 (alk. paper) 0199747539
2010016220
Pessimism.
B1649.S2473 / U83 2010
149/.6
The uses of pessimism : and the danger of false hope / by Roger Scruton. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 232 p. ; 22 cm.
The first-person future -- The best case fallacy -- The born free fallacy -- The utopian fallacy -- The zero sum fallacy -- The planning fallacy -- The moving spirit fallacy -- The aggregation fallacy -- Defenses against the truth -- Our tribal past -- Our civil present -- Our human future.
9780199747535 (alk. paper) 0199747539
2010016220
Pessimism.
B1649.S2473 / U83 2010
149/.6