| Description |
1 online resource (x, 275 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Spine title: Wisdom, information & wonder. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
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Ordinary-language philosophy.
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Ordinary-language philosophy. |
| Indexed Term |
Knowledge |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Wisdom, information & wonder |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Midgley, Mary, 1919- Wisdom, information, and wonder. London ; New York : Routledge, 1991 0415028299 (DLC) 88018296 (OCoLC)18105624 |
| ISBN |
020300387X (electronic book) |
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9780203003879 (electronic book) |
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0415028302 (paperback) |
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