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Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 - Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Roger Smith
Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 - Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Roger Smith
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 Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 16, 2016 |
ISBN13 | 9780822964766 |
Publishers | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 229 × 153 × 23 mm · 398 g |
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