02392nam 22006614a 450 991096250600332120251117115941.097803130754070313075409(CKB)1000000000003007(OCoLC)70769287(CaPaEBR)ebrary10005672(SSID)ssj0000155998(PQKBManifestationID)11147281(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155998(PQKBWorkID)10122195(PQKB)11744403(MiAaPQ)EBC3000526(Au-PeEL)EBL3000526(CaPaEBR)ebr10005672(OCoLC)697596670(Perlego)4607010(EXLCZ)99100000000000300720010205d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrFlight from fallibility how theory triumphed over experience in the West /Henry J. Perkinson1st ed.Westport, Conn. Praeger20021 online resource (160 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780275973582 0275973581 Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-150) and index.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.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.Criticism (Philosophy)Philosophy and civilizationJustification (Theory of knowledge)FallibilityTheory (Philosophy)Criticism (Philosophy)Philosophy and civilization.Justification (Theory of knowledge)Fallibility.Theory (Philosophy)142Perkinson Henry J186046MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962506003321Flight from fallibility4358847UNINA