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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777345103321

Autore

Newman Fred.

Titolo

The end of knowing : a new developmental way of learning / / Fred Newman and Lois Holzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-77829-5

1-280-40820-0

1-134-77830-9

0-203-18193-X

9786610408207

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HolzmanLois <1946->

Disciplina

001

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of - History - 20th century

Science - Philosophy - History - 20th century

Act (Philosophy)

Postmodernism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : when will all these endings stop? -- 2. The epistemological bias -- 3. Radically reforming modern epistemology -- 4. Deliberately unsystematic thoughts on a new way of running a country -- 5. A community of conversations.

Sommario/riassunto

Has knowledge reached its limits for the human race? Modernists and postmodernists argue that we cannot continue the relentless progress of science and technology without a loss of meaning in our lives.