Mary Midgley

Wisdom, Information and Wonder (eBook, PDF)

What is Knowledge For?

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In "Wisdom, Information and Wonder," Mary Midgley tackles the question at the root of our civilization: What is knowledge for? The author rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information is conveyed in today's high technology world and argues cogently for the primary importance of understanding over the acquisition of information. "Thinking" itself, she argues, needs to strengthen the connection between theory and practice. Midgley challenges us to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate "science" from other forms of inquiry, and each particular science from its neighbors. More urgently still, philosophy itself needs to stop being treated as an obscure specialty, and take up its role as the key to understanding. This will be an important book for anyone concerned with the plight of education and institutionalized knowledge, and the fate of learning in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134971923
• Artikelnr.: 38251330

Autorenporträt

Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the most renowned moral philosophers of her generation and the author of many books, including Beast and Man, Wickedness and The Myths We Live By. She has taken part in many broadcast events, including The Moral Maze and Woman's Hour.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One CAN SPECIALIZATION DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH?
Chapter 1 Chapter One MOON-MONSTERS AND FREE PEOPLE
Chapter 2 Chapter Two WISDOM AND CONTEMPLATION
Chapter 3 Chapter Three THE CITY OF ORGANIZED THOUGHT AND ITS TOWN-PLANNERS
Part Two THE ROLE OF SCIENCE
Chapter 4 Chapter Four SCEPTICISM AND PERSONAL IDENTITY
Chapter 5 Chapter Five PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL
Chapter 6 Chapter Six AUTONOMY AND ISOLATIONISM
Chapter 7 Chapter Seven RIGOUR AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY
Chapter 8 Chapter Eight THE SECLUSION OF SCIENCE
Part Three THE ROLE OF PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 9 Chapter Nine CANPHILOSOPHY BE NEUTRAL?
Chapter 10 Chapter Ten THE WORK OF PURIFICATION
Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven THE PROBLEM OF THE UNKNOWN
Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve THE QUESTION OF CERTAINTY AND THE REAL PHILOSOPHICAL REVOLUTION
Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen WHAT FOUNDATIONS ARE
Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen MOORE AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen FACTS AND VALUES
Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen THE FLIGHT FROM BLAME
Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen THE CLASH OF SYSTEMS
Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen EMPIRICISM AND THE UNSPEAKABLE
Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen WHAT EMPIRICISM IS
Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty STYLE AND SUBSTANCE
Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty-One LANGUAGE FOR SOLITARIES
Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty-Two ESCAPING FROM SOLITUDE
Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three PHILOSOPHIZING OUT IN THE WORLD SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING NOTES INDEX