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Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What Is Knowledge For?

Name: Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What Is Knowledge For?
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Author: Mary Midgley
ISBN: 9780415028301

by Mary Midgley

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286 pages
Publisher: Routledge
14 x 21.6 x 1.7 cm

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For anyone asking what education is really for

Explains why we need more than just information

Helps you find wisdom in a fast-paced society

A thought-provoking challenge to rethink the purpose of knowledge in our modern, high-tech world.

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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.