Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don't Know - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel R. DenicolaSeries:Mit PressAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2018-09-04Pages:262
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262536035ISBN-10:026253603XUPC:9780262536035Book Category:Philosophy, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Epistemology, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSize:8.80 x 5.60 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCR1A2PD6V
Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don't Know
An exploration of what we can know about what we don't know: why ignorance is more than simply a lack of knowledge.
Ignorance is trending. Politicians boast, "I'm not a scientist." Angry citizens object to a proposed state motto because it is in Latin, and "This is America, not Mexico or Latin America." Lack of experience, not expertise, becomes a credential. Fake news and repeated falsehoods are...
Series: Mit Press
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262536035ISBN-10:026253603XUPC:9780262536035Book Category:Philosophy, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Epistemology, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSize:8.80 x 5.60 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCR1A2PD6V
Daniel R. DeNicola is Chair and Professor of Philosophy at Gettysburg College and the author of Learning to Flourish: A Philosophical Exploration of Liberal Education.
Publisher: MIT Press
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