Table of Contents
Introduction: On the value of scepticism -- Dreams and facts -- Is science superstitious? -- Can men be rational? -- Philosophy in the twentieth century --Machines and the emotions -- Behaviorism and values --Eastern and western ideals of happiness -- The harm that good men do -- The recrudescence of puritanism --The need for political scepticism -- Free thought and official propaganda -- Freedom in society -- Freedom versus authority in education -- Psychology and politics -- The danger of creed wars -- Some prospects, cheerful and otherwise.