Ignorance : on the wider implications of deficient knowledge / Nicholas Rescher.

Author/creator Rescher, Nicholas
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-167) and index.
LCCN 2008052956
ISBN9780822960140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822960141 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BD221 .R47 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold