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Defence of Philosophic Doubt

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  • Arthur James Balfour
    In Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour

    In 1879 he published A Defence of Philosophic Doubt, in which he endeavoured to show that scientific knowledge depends just as much as theology upon an act of faith. In the great Victorian struggle between science and religion, Balfour was on the side of religion. He continued to take…

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