商品簡介
Cooke (philosophy, State U. of New York-Buffalo) writes for atheists, skeptics, humanists, and other free-thinkers in the broadest sense of the word. His entries are not designed to attack religion, but to illustrate the possibility of a morally engaged, intellectually full, and laughter-filled life without it. The main categories of entries are ideas and concepts, people, events and organization, and buzzwords. He describes his work as more akin to Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary than to a comprehensive and objective reference, that is it reflects ideas and visions that he believes many others share with him. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Bill Cooke, an independent scholar, is author of A Dictionary of Atheism, Skepticism, and Humanism; The Gathering of Infidels: A Hundred Years of the Rationalist Press Association; and A Rebel to His Last Breath: Joseph McCabe and Rationalism, among other books and articles. He was also senior lecturer at the School of Visual Arts, University of Auckland at Manukau from 1996 to 2008.
