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This chapter examines one of the major debates concerning the emergence of modern social life: does the rise of rationalism, represented by scientific thinking and practices, mean that modern human beings have access to a form of cognition, and consequently, a kind of knowledge, which is markedly superior to any other kind?
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© 1996 Tony Bilton, Kevin Bonnett, Pip Jones, David Skinner, Michelle Stanworth, Andrew Webster
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Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Skinner, D., Stanworth, M., Webster, A. (1996). Knowledge, Belief and Religion. In: Introductory Sociology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24712-7_16
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