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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962506003321

Autore

Perkinson Henry J

Titolo

Flight from fallibility : how theory triumphed over experience in the West / / Henry J. Perkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002

ISBN

9780313075407

0313075409

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

142

Soggetti

Criticism (Philosophy)

Philosophy and civilization

Justification (Theory of knowledge)

Fallibility

Theory (Philosophy)

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. [139]-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION -- 2 GOVERNMENT WITHOUT LEGITIMACY -- 3 ECONOMICS WITHOUT SELF- INTEREST -- 4 MORALITY WITHOUT A FOUNDATION -- 5 CONCLUSION: FLIGHT FROM FALLIBILITY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Perkinson provides an original historical interpretation that shows how our intellectual, political, economic, and social institutions emerged out of and are based upon the acceptance of human fallibility.