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Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What Is Knowledge For?

by Mary Midgley

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

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In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information is conveyed in the high-tech world, and criticizes conceptions of philosophy that support this mode of thinking.
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  • Title

    Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What Is Knowledge For?

  • Author

    Mary Midgley

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    May 1991

  • Weight

    373g

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415028301

  • ISBN-10

    0415028302

  • Eden Code

    4730156