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UNINA9910780420303321 |
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Autore |
Shaw W. David (William David) |
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Titolo |
Babel and the ivory tower : the scholar in the age of science / / W. David Shaw |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-99772-2 |
9786611997724 |
1-4426-7113-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Learning and scholarship |
Knowledge, Theory of |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The prophet and the scholar : two paths to knowledge -- The scholar's wager : the lottery of higher learning -- The scientist's knowledge : the genius of discovery -- The scholar's knowledge : the conversation of the learned -- Contemplative knowledge : a secret discipline -- Practical knowledge : Prometheus to Faust -- Personal knowledge : the lifeblood of learning -- From maps to models : closed and open knowledge -- Socratic mentors : proving truth by living it -- Prophet, rebel, poet : the scholar's hidden knowledge -- From Ivory Tower to Babel : the secret of the maze. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Torn between the competing forces of scholarship as a profession and scholarship as a calling - between Babel and the Ivory Tower - the modern academic faces a dilemma: should she or he try to preserve the soul of higher education by cultivating the Muse of personal knowledge, or renounce the Muse and imitate a technician?" "Having come to the end of his own scholarly career, W. David Shaw felt out of place in the technological realm academia has become - where scholars increasingly model their work on that of scientists rather than that of |
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