Essays Upon Some Controverted Questions
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- First published
- 1892
- Pages
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Scientific evidence and religious belief meet in these argumentative essays by Thomas Henry Huxley. Originally published largely in periodicals, the pieces range across palaeontology, interpretations of Genesis, morality, agnosticism and claims about miracles. In his prologue, Huxley explains that many began as replies to attacks on his views, and considers both the usefulness of public controversy and its tendency to become a personal quarrel.
The collection repeatedly asks how people distinguish reliable knowledge from conviction. One passage examines the value of testimony through a Gospel account, bringing physiology, anthropology and questions of justice into the discussion. Huxley's voice is direct and combative, and he preserves the essays' original argumentative character.
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- Author
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- First published
- 1892
- Reading time
- About 12 hours
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Philosophy
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online