Name: Wisdom, Information and Wonder

Author: Mary Midgley
Year: 1989
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Philosophy, Non Fiction

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In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information is conveyed in the high-tech world, and criticizes conceptions of philosophy that support this mode of thinking.


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