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BL
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1020280
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b774650
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| Main Entry
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Midgley, Mary,1919-2018.
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| Title & Author
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Wisdom, information, and wonder : : what is knowledge for? /\ Mary Midgley.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1991.
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1 online resource (x, 275 pages)
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| ISBN
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020300387X
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: 9780203003879
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0415028302
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| Notes
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Spine title: Wisdom, information & wonder.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; MOON-MONSTERS AND FREE PEOPLE; WISDOM AND CONTEMPLATION; THE CITY OF ORGANIZED THOUGHT AND ITS TOWN-PLANNERS; SCEPTICISM AND PERSONAL IDENTITY; PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL; AUTONOMY AND ISOLATIONISM; RIGOUR AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY; THE SECLUSION OF SCIENCE; CAN PHILOSOPHY BE NEUTRAL?; THE WORK OF PURIFICATION; THE PROBLEM OF THE UNKNOWN; THE QUESTION OF CERTAINTY AND THE REAL PHILOSOPHICAL REVOLUTION; WHAT FOUNDATIONS ARE; MOORE AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY; FACTS AND VALUES; THE FLIGHT FROM BLAME; THE CLASH OF SYSTEMS.
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| Abstract
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In this book one of Britain's leading popular philosophers tackles a question that is at the root of our civilization: What is knowledge for?
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Ordinary-language philosophy.
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Philosophy.
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Ordinary-language philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY-- History Surveys-- General.
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PHILOSOPHY-- History Surveys-- Modern.
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Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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190
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B72.M48 1991eb
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| Parallel Title
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Wisdom, information & wonder
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