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Joseph Glanvill, 1636-1680. Early Modern English philosopher whose arguments are at times critically skeptical, but in the case of his writings on witchcraft, highly credulous. He had many intellectual ties to his contemporaries, the Cambridge Platonists.

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Glanvill, Joseph Brief entry from the 2001 Columbia Encyclopedia. www.bartleby.com/65/gl/Glanvill.html

Biography.com: Glanvill, Joseph Brief entry noting his principal works. search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=5216

Joseph Glanvill Wikipedia article on this eccentric 17th-century thinker, with links to related articles. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Glanvill

Sadducismus Triumphatus Graphic images of this entire work by Glanvill, which is concerned with witchcraft. dewey.library.upenn.edu/../../..

Joseph Glanvill and Henry More Brief paper by Cindy Boyd, on the importance of Glanvill's Sadducismus Triumphatus to the anti-witch campaigns of the 17th century. www.augustana.edu/academ/history/witchcraft/cindymore.htm