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Ignorance : on the wider implications of deficient knowledge

Title
Ignorance : on the wider implications of deficient knowledge / Nicholas Rescher.
Author
Rescher, Nicholas.
Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2009.

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Description
xi, 170 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Cognition
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.
Contents
The reach of ignorance -- Questions and insolubilia -- Cognitive shortfall -- Cognitive finitude -- On limits to science -- Obstacles to predictive foreknowledge -- Can computers mend matters? -- Implications of ignorance.
Call Number
JFD 09-631
ISBN
  • 9780822960140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0822960141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008052956
OCLC
289067832
Author
Rescher, Nicholas.
Title
Ignorance : on the wider implications of deficient knowledge / Nicholas Rescher.
Imprint
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 09-631
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