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The virtues of ignorance complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge

Title
The virtues of ignorance [electronic resource] : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge / edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson.
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Vitek, William, 1957-
  • Jackson, Wes, 1936-
Description
1 online resource (354 p.)
Series Statement
Culture of the land
Uniform Title
Virtues of ignorance (Online)
Subject
  • Agriculture > Philosophy
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Sustainable development
  • Philosophy and science
  • Nature and civilization
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Toward an ignorance-based worldview / Wes Jackson -- The way of ignorance / Wendell Berry -- Ignorance, an inner perspective / Robert Perry -- Human ignorance and the limited use of history / Richard D. Lamm -- Ignorance and know-how / Conn Nugent -- Optimizing uncertainty / Raymond H. Dean -- Toward an ecological conversation / Steve Talbott -- Ignorance and ethics / Anna L. Peterson -- Imposed ignorance and humble ignorance: two worldviews / Paul G. Heltne -- Battle for the soul of ignorance: rhetoric and philosophy in classical Athens / Charles Marsh -- Choosing ignorance within a learning universe / Peter G. Brown -- The path of enlightened ignorance: Alfred North Whitehead and Ernst Mayr / Strachan Donnelley -- Joyful ignorance and the civic mind / Bill Vitek -- I don't know / Robert Root-Bernstein -- Lessons learned from ignorance: the curriculum on medical (and other) ignorance / Marlys Hearst Witte ... [et al.] -- Economics and the promotion of ignorance-squared / Herb Thompson -- Educating for ignorance / Jon Jensen -- Climate change and the limits of knowledge / Joe Marocco -- Can we see with fresh eyes? beyond a culture of abstraction / Craig Holdrege.
LCCN
2007048494
OCLC
ssj0000267835
Title
The virtues of ignorance [electronic resource] : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge / edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson.
Imprint
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
Series
Culture of the land
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Vitek, William, 1957-
Jackson, Wes, 1936-
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