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BBC Radio 4 - In Doubt We Trust, Episode 2

Mark Vernon asks whether we have lost our ability to doubt well.

Mark Vernon talks to a variety of scientists and philosophers about the art of doubting and how the ability to doubt and question well can help us to be more fully human.

"We take things very personally at the moment. People get very disturbed and angry when their certainties about themselves and their world are questioned." So says the philosopher Angie Hobbs. But why? In this programme the writer Mark Vernon, who himself had a crisis of faith, looks at our attitudes towards doubt and certainty. 

In conversations with David Jenkins, the former Bishop of Durham, Karen Armstrong, Ann Widdecombe and a variety of scientists and philosophers, he explores the art of doubting and our the ability to question well. He discovers that if we can master this art, it can help us to flourish and become more fully human.

Producers: Amanda Hancox and Rosie Dawson.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Mark Vernon examines how desire for certainty has affected people's ability to doubt

Mark Vernon examines how desire for certainty has affected people's ability to ask questions and to doubt

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