List Price: $23.00 Details

Save: $7.77 (34%)

Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime & FREE Returns

FREE delivery Monday, May 23 if you spend $25 on items shipped by Amazon

Or fastest delivery Thursday, May 19. Order within 18 hrs 45 mins

In Stock.

As an alternative, the Kindle eBook is available now and can be read on any device with the free Kindle app.

[{"displayPrice":"$15.23","priceAmount":15.23,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"15","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"23","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"qBdQJGiDHA5bptYu40qEGUXBllBJBoS5JUtpqeinhmS2OPX8o70TnUDej1lPIMVr8a9ssi7Rlpv5yDW79l6txLBDwT%2BRZJlARpO%2FxMMc%2FU7X01KwdQ3z%2Fj%2F3%2BEYUfOG0VE%2FYdjvflgaExWkcWiHKlw%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW"},{"displayPrice":"$11.21","priceAmount":11.21,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"11","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"21","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"qBdQJGiDHA5bptYu40qEGUXBllBJBoS5ZME9wGDJXCqkvAJaAUxdSlLsfsg4DhCw9UJhcjlsy1THWscehsLkxZsJOicxBRBHnG5gVy1yE10w9i6tPO8S9SLbSHTLPu7glRGWFNBrxJMnm8aVklPk8R%2FDVyjwUzWMOt3ZT46Wk71ROwjXPzxjuQlpdicvu4Hv","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED"}]

$$15.23 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Secure transaction

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Details

Ships from

Amazon.com

Sold by

Amazon.com

Return policy: Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt

Add a gift receipt for easy returns

$3.98 delivery May 24 - 31. Details

Or fastest delivery May 20 - 25. Details

Used: Very Good | Details

Sold by glenthebookseller

Share <Embed>

Have one to sell?

Sell on Amazon

Other Sellers on Amazon

Added

Not added

$22.50
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: Books Unplugged

Added

Not added

$23.14
& FREE Shipping

Sold by: Book Depository US

Added

Not added

$19.20
+ $3.99 shipping

Sold by: LadyLakeBooks

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See all 2 images

Follow the Author

Robert Anton Wilson

The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science Paperback – April 23, 2020

by Robert Anton Wilson (Author)

62 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$9.99

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$15.23

$11.21

Mass Market Paperback

"Please retry"

$50.14

—

$50.14

Enhance your purchase

"For Bob, nothing was sacred and nothing was set in stone – except maybe the idea that fundamentalism is a dangerous dead end. Like Alfred Korzybski’s Science and Sanity, Robert Anton Wilson’s The New Inquisition seeks to rescue science from fundamentalist materialism, and the rest of us from the broader implications of this approach. It is at once a philosophical treatise and an act of cognitive defiance . . . His message is more important right now than it was when he wrote it. Our digital fundamentalists see human beings as an engineering problem to be solved. Behaviors and thoughts that do not conform to our algorithmically generated profiles are to be eliminated, and humans shepherded into the reality tunnels that obey the laws of rationality alone. We are right now being programmed by the very fundamental materialists RAW is warning us about on these pages."
– from Douglas Rushkoff's Introduction to The New Inquisition

Print length

350 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Hilaritas Press, LLC.
Publication date

April 23, 2020
Dimensions

5.5 x 0.73 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-10

1734473541
ISBN-13

978-1734473544
See all details

Frequently bought together

+
+

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

Choose items to buy together.

by Robert Anton Wilson Paperback
$15.23 Get it as soon as Monday, May 23 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
by Robert Anton Wilson Paperback
$23.00 Get it as soon as Monday, May 23 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
by Robert Anton Wilson Paperback
$15.23 Get it as soon as Monday, May 23 FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

Robert Anton Wilson
697
Paperback
21 offers from $14.00
Robert Anton Wilson
269
Paperback
20 offers from $14.47
Robert Anton Wilson
58
Paperback
16 offers from $22.80
Robert Anton Wilson
62
Paperback
12 offers from $17.12
Robert Shea
899
Paperback
63 offers from $3.88
Robert Anton Wilson
297
Paperback
13 offers from $15.29

Editorial Reviews

Review

"What great physicist hides behind the mask of Wilson?"
- New Scientist

"Malicious, misguided fanaticism."
- Robert Sheaffer, The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal

Finnegan quoting Sean Murphy, "Ah, Jaysus," he said, "I've never seen a boogerin' normal day." He paused to set down his pint, then added thoughtfully, "And I never met a fookin' average man neither"
- Timothy F.X. Finnegan, Committee for Surrealist Investigation of Claims of the Normal

"OBSCENE, blasphemous, subversive and very, very interesting."
-- Alan Watts, Zen Philosopher

About the Author

Author of some 35 books including Cosmic Trigger, Prometheus Rising, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, and co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson (RAW or Bob) was a futurist, author, lecturer, stand-up comic, guerrilla ontologist, psychedelic magician, outer head of the Illuminati, quantum psychologist, Taoist sage, Discordian Pope, Struthian politician . . . maybe. Bob described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with different perspectives recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything." His "Maybe Logic" inspired the creation of the Maybe Logic Academy. Google "Robert Anton Wilson" for mosbunall info.

Start reading The New Inquisition on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hilaritas Press, LLC.; 2nd edition (April 23, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1734473541
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1734473544
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.73 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #258,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #530 in Philosophy & Social Aspects of Education
- #7,802 in Philosophy (Books)

Customer Reviews:
62 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Robert Anton Wilson

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Author of some 35 books including Cosmic Trigger, Prometheus Rising, Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy, and co-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson (RAW or Bob) was a futurist, author, lecturer, stand-up comic, guerrilla ontologist, psychedelic magician, outer head of the Illuminati, quantum psychologist, Taoist sage, Discordian Pope, Struthian politician . . . maybe. Bob described his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with different perspectives recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything." His "Maybe Logic" inspired the creation of the Maybe Logic Academy. Google "Robert Anton Wilson" for mosbunall info.

~~~

The Berkeley mob once called Leary and me “the counter-culture of the counter-culture.” I’m some kind of antibody in the New Age movement. My function is to raise the possibility, “Hey, you know, some of this stuff might be bullshit.”

Customer reviews

5 star		76%
4 star		15%
3 star		7%
2 star		1%
1 star		1%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

xxx

Overdoing it

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2021

Verified Purchase

Wilson has a point: rejecting an observation because it does not fit in with simple explanations is bad science. Certainly even our standard physics contains many phenomena that are surprising, e.g., the physics of the atmosphere; and those are not miracles or beyond the scope of classical physics, it is just that the scope of classical physics reaches farther than many people are aware of. And it is possible that there are things beyond classical physics that deserve to be studied; that is what the process of science is about. However, when Wilson gets quantum and philosophical, it gets meaningless. That this defect is shared by a number of physicists does not make it better, it still stays blabber which is neither science nor philosophy. It is unfortunate that people who have a point in their critique of the narrowing of the field by pillars of the science establishment then go overboard in their credulity in words. By the way, for some of the events Wilson cites I unsuccessfully tried to find any source on the web.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Simon Magus

Excellent R.A.W. book

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020

Verified Purchase

This is one of Wilson's books that never gets talked about as much. It also seems to have been out of print for quite some time. Luckily this newer Hilaritas Press has slowly been bringing all of R.A.W.'s works back into print. This is one of his more philosophical works and well worth the attention of the fans.

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020

Verified Purchase

Another classic RAW edition from Hilaritas publishing. Read this and the rest of the Hilaritas classics from Robert Anton Wilson and open your mind to a world much larger and much weirder than you ever imagined.

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2015

Verified Purchase

was a gift for someone else

Helpful

Cooljonnorris

eclectic, erudite, exceptional

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2004

This book is Robert Anton Wilson's look at how science went wrong in the 1900s. There are many books dealing with the same topic, but there are few, if any, writers who can match Wilson's quirky, insightful, and humorous prose:
"There remains, of course, Scientific Method (SM), the alleged source of the certitude of those I call the New Idolators. SM is a mixture of SD (sense data: usually aided by instruments to refine the senses) with the old Greek PR. Unfortunately, while SM is powerfully effective, and seems to most of us the best method yet devised by mankind, it is made up of two elements which we have already seen are fallible - SD (sense data) and PR (pure reason) can both deceive us. Again: two fallibilities do not add up to one infallibility. Scientific generalizations which have lasted a long time have a high probability, perhaps the highest probability of any generalizations, but it is only Idolatry which claims none of them will ever again have to be revised or rejected. Too many have been revised or rejected in this century alone.
Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional need for certitude."
The main point of the book is how science fell prey to Fundamentalist Materialism or the New Idolatry, as Wilson calls it. This is basically the failure to adhere to the scientific principle of empirical testing and remain model agnostic. What this means is that scientists begin to pay more heed to pet theories, ego, career, and popular paradigms than to actual data, and let honest, open inquiry fall by the wayside. He uses data from a wide variety of sources, including hard science and some fairly fringe areas.
He challenges the status quo and argues quite convincingly that science has followed much the same path as religion in this regard, even to the point of calling dissenters "heretics."
Wilson's ability to shake entrenched notions and cause one to entertain new thoughts is quite singular, and I consider him one of the most important writers and thinkers in Amercia today. I highly recommend this and his other works.

29 people found this helpful

Helpful

no longer a customer

PLEA FOR FREE THOUGHT

Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2000

In many ways we have made little progress from the days of the Holy Spanish Inquisition; on TV, Radio, Magazines, Newspapers, from the halls of Academia and the halls of religous institutions to the halls of Congress, we are showered, bombarded and pressured to THINK a certain way...and woe to those who preach heresy. Wilson's book strikes me as a plea for free, and sane, thought. Wilson will point out with devastating clarity how often we are straight-jacketed into reality tunnels both of our own making and those imposed on us by EXPERTS. (digression here...if you enjoyed this book and Wilson's shots at the "experts", watch the film FAKE by Orson Welles. Great fun.) Wilson challenges us to be Creative Agnostics, to not be so quick to dogmatize, to be a little less constipated about how Universe works and acts. Warning though...if you are a layman, as I am, to scientific and philosophical terminology, keep a good dictionary of those terms handy! Is well worth it, though, fellow laymen! Wilson is the Groucho Marx of Academia; if he is obnoxious, it's only the more to point how insultingly pretentious the EXPERTS are that he gives the rasberry to. And ohhhhhh what a relief it is... Buy this book, keep some dictionaries handy, bowl of popcorn, and for God's sake watch the skies...

38 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Amazon Kunde

I wouldn't start my journey into the RAW universe with this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 13, 2021

Verified Purchase

I've read a lot of RAW books and I'm a big fan of his style and content, I mean, he has a sense humor second to none.

In terms of content, the book covers the topics that Bob covers in Prometheus Rising and Quantum Psychology (primarily), so for me it was nice to read familiar material in a somewhat new context with some new anecdotes. If I were to recommend to someone to read a RAW book, then this would not be it. I think this lacked a bit of the humor and some of the context that I find to be better elaborated in Prometheus Rising, then again it's difficult to beat that one. I've read probably 8 times already.

Odin Waters

Great stuff!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2020

Verified Purchase

This arrived yesterday and I cannot put it down. It feels like breathing in the cool, spring air of sanity at a time when there is much apparent insanity. Sorry, got to go - got to get back to it.
If it’ll give you at least some of what it’s giving me, it’d be a real shame for you to miss out...

Sacha Khan

Great important book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 8, 2019

Verified Purchase

This is one of the few books of countless books that I have read that truly pushed my thinking in a new direction. Truly life changing.

One person found this helpful

T. W. P. Esq

scientists eh?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2014

Verified Purchase

What a brilliant, thought-provoking and intelligent book. If you want to have your ideas about science changed, this is one of the places to start.

One person found this helpful

See all reviews

Buy new: $15.23$15.23 FREE delivery: Monday, May 23 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon. Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used: $11.21

Other Sellers on Amazon

Follow the Author

The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science Paperback – April 23, 2020

Enhance your purchase

Frequently bought together

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

About the author

Robert Anton Wilson

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries

Buy new:

$15.23

FREE delivery: Monday, May 23 on orders over $25.00 shipped by Amazon.

Ships from: Amazon.com

Sold by: Amazon.com

Buy used:

$11.21