People believe in a great many things; and yet most of us know almost nothing about why other people believe what they do, or indeed about how it feels to believe it. This book presents an objective method for understanding and comparing belief systems - irrespective of whether the investigator happens to agree with them.

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Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK

Edmund Griffiths

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Edmund Griffiths is a former Research Fellow in Russian at Wolfson College, Oxford, UK (2007-2014).

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Book Title: Towards a Science of Belief Systems
Authors: Edmund Griffiths
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137346377
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-34636-0Published: 29 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-46690-0Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-34637-7Published: 29 September 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 190
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion

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