Wisdom, information, and wonder : what is knowledge for? /
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?
| Основен автор: | Midgley, Mary, 1919- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
1991.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=74786 |
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Print version::
Wisdom, information, and wonder. |
Съдържание:
- 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.