Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 - Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century - Roger Smith - Books - University of Pittsburgh Press - 9780822944928 - February 1, 2013
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Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 - Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

Roger Smith

Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 - Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

From the late nineteenth century onwards religion gave way to science as the dominant force in society. This led to a questioning of the principle of free will - if the workings of the human mind could be reduced to purely physiological explanations, then what place was there for human agency and self-improvement?


288 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 1, 2013
ISBN13 9780822944928
Publishers University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages 288
Dimensions 608 g   (Weight (estimated))

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