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Rolf Arnold, PhD, obtained his doctorate at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 1983 and his postdoctoral qualification at the Distance University of Hagen, Germany, in 1987. In 2017, he received an honorary doctorate (Dr. h.c) from the West University of Timișoara, Romania. Since 1990, he has been Professor of Pedagogy (Vocational and Adult Education) at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is also Scientific Director of the Distance and Independent Studies Centre (DISC), Kaiserslautern, Germany, and speaker of the Virtual Campus Rhineland‐Palatinate (VCRP).
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Popularization versus populism
Chapter 2: How factual is reality?
Chapter 3: Enlightenment: The path of reason
Chapter 4: Emotional knowledge
Chapter 5: The way out of the certainty trap: Patterns of dealing with insecurity
Chapter 6: Exit plan from the irrational
About the author