The uses of pessimism : and the danger of false hope / by Roger Scruton.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.Description: 232 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780199747535 (alk. paper)
- 0199747539
- 149/.6 22
- B1649.S2473 U83 2010
Contents:
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.
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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.