02287nam 2200541 450 991078967650332120230124190248.01-283-20280-897866132028021-4411-1569-2(CKB)2670000000106736(EBL)742745(OCoLC)741690133(MiAaPQ)EBC5309789(MiAaPQ)EBC742745(Au-PeEL)EBL742745(CaONFJC)MIL320280(EXLCZ)99267000000010673620180315h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWhat we can never know blindspots in philosophy and science /David GamezLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2007.©20071 online resource (300 p.)Includes index.0-8264-9160-X 0-8264-9161-8 Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Stable and Collapsing Theories; 2 Evidence for the Brain?; 3 Impossible Speech about Time; 4 Merging Madness and Reason; 5 Labyrinths of Knowledge; Endings ...; Notes; IndexContemporary philosophy and science strive to give a complete account of the world and our position in it. In this original and provocative book, David Gamez engages the reader in a series of colourful thought experiments that illustrate the limits of this mission. Although we commonly believe that science will give a final description of everything, What We Can Never Know reveals blindspots in many of our theories that completely undermine their ability to explain reality. Each chapter explores these problems using a popular question or topic in philosophy, such as our perception of space, thKnowledge, Theory ofTheory (Philosophy)SciencePhilosophyKnowledge, Theory of.Theory (Philosophy)SciencePhilosophy.101Gamez David798841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789676503321What we can never know3704392UNINA