Introduction Doubt Is No Shadow: A Quiz and a Guide to the Question ix
Whatever Happened to Zeus and Hera?, 600 BCE-1 CE
Greek Doubt
1(44)
Smacking the Temple, 600 BCE-1 CE
Doubt and the Ancient Jews
45(41)
What the Buddha Saw, 600 BCE-1 CE
Ancient Doubt in Asia
86(39)
When in Rome in Doubt, 50 BCE-200 CE
Empire of Reason
125(44)
Christian Doubt, Zen, Elisha, and Hypatia, 1-800 CE
Late-Classical Mix
169(47)
Medieval Doubt Loops-the-Loop, 800-1400
Muslims to Jews to Christians
216(48)
The Printing Press and the Age of Martyrs, 1400-1600
Renaissance and Inquisition
264(51)
Sunspots and White House Doubters, 1600-1800
Revolutions in the Authority of Reason
315(56)
Doubt's Bid for a Better World, 1800-1900
Freethinking in the Age of Science and Reform
371(57)
Principles of Uncertainty, 1900-
The New Cosmopolitan
428(56)
Conclusion The Joy of Doubt: Ethics, Logic, Mood 484(11)
Notes 495(26)
Bibliography 521(8)
Acknowledgments 529(2)
Index 531