A01=Charles Thomas Taylor
Author_Charles Thomas Taylor
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Critical thinking
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Logic
Objectivism
Rational thought
Religion
Product details
- ISBN 9780761860136
- Weight: 104g
- Dimensions: 152 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 08 Oct 2012
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Ignes Fatui, Charles Thomas Taylor examines various misapprehensions and misconceptions that interfere with clear rational thought. The title of the book, a loanword from Medieval Latin, means “foolish fires”—lights that occasionally appear in the nighttime over marshy ground and are frequently attributable to the combination of gases emitted by decomposed organic matter. The term is sometimes used in modern times to suggest deceptive thoughts, goals, or hopes. The first four chapters of Ignes Fatui consider various common illusions that interfere with sound objective thought in society. The fifth and final chapter considers the illusions that prevent and consequently forestall any form of effectual subjective thinking in personal life. The primary objective of the book is to attempt to improve rational thought and thereby reverse the general decline of faith in the power of reason today.
Charles Thomas Taylor has written books in various fields including ethics, aesthetics, religion, political science, and education. He lives in Colorado, where he is the director of finance for a small engineering firm. This is his seventh book.
