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Ignorance on the wider implications of deficient knowledge

Title
Ignorance [electronic resource] : 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
1 online resource (xi, 170 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Ignorance (Online)
Alternative Title
Ignorance (Online)
Subject
  • Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
  • Knowledge, Theory of
  • Cognition
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2008052956
OCLC
ssj0000607281
Author
Rescher, Nicholas.
Title
Ignorance [electronic resource] : 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.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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