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Since the Enlightenment, science has been seen as an objective, true method of explanation for the physical and mathematical laws which govern the universe. This book examines what and how we know about the world, discussing current ideas about the nature of scientific thought and explanation, its relation to truth, and the relationship between scientific and common sense. Does science, in its historical claim to be an exalted endeavour, stand above other human activities?

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A book has fallen into my hands which has set me thinking so furiously that I have found it hard to concentrate on other matters... I recommend this book strongly to anyone who is not afraid of hard intellectual work. Paul Johnson, writing in The Spectator

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