Flight from fallibility : how theory triumphed over experience in the West / / Henry J. Perkinson
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| Autore: |
Perkinson Henry J
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| Titolo: |
Flight from fallibility : how theory triumphed over experience in the West / / Henry J. Perkinson
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| Pubblicazione: | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 142 |
| Soggetto topico: | Criticism (Philosophy) |
| Philosophy and civilization | |
| Justification (Theory of knowledge) | |
| Fallibility | |
| Theory (Philosophy) | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Flight from fallibility |
| ISBN: | 9780313075407 |
| 0313075409 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910962506003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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