Wisdom, information, and wonder: what is knowledge for?
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Main Author: Midgley, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 1991
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Item Description:Spine title: Wisdom, information & wonder
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-257) and index
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; MOON-MONSTERS AND FREE PEOPLE; WISDOM AND CONTEMPLATION; THE CITY OF ORGANIZED THOUGHT AND ITS TOWN-PLANNERS; SCEPTICISM AND PERSONAL IDENTITY; PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL; AUTONOMY AND ISOLATIONISM; RIGOUR AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY; THE SECLUSION OF SCIENCE; CAN PHILOSOPHY BE NEUTRAL?; THE WORK OF PURIFICATION; THE PROBLEM OF THE UNKNOWN; THE QUESTION OF CERTAINTY AND THE REAL PHILOSOPHICAL REVOLUTION; WHAT FOUNDATIONS ARE; MOORE AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY; FACTS AND VALUES; THE FLIGHT FROM BLAME; THE CLASH OF SYSTEMS
In this book one of Britain's leading popular philosophers tackles a question that is at the root of our civilization: What is knowledge for?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 275 p.)
ISBN:020300387X
9780203003879

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