| Description |
viii, 185 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: when will all these endings stop? -- 2. The epistemological bias -- 3. Radically reforming modern epistemology -- 4. Deliberately unsystematic thoughts on a new way of running a country -- 5. A community of conversations |
| Summary |
For centuries, knowledge has been thought to be the key to human progress of all kinds and has dominated Western culture. But what if knowing has now become an impediment to further human development? The End of Knowing is concerned with the practical consideration of how to reconstruct our world when modernist ideas have been refuted and many social problems appear insoluble. Newman and Holzman suggest provocatively that we should give up knowing in favour of "performed activity." They show how to reject the knowing paradigm in practice and present the many positive implications this has for social and educational policy |
| Notes |
"October 1996." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-177) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Act (Philosophy)
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Knowledge, Theory of -- History -- 20th century.
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Postmodernism.
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Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
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| Author |
Holzman, Lois, 1946-
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
96052856 |
| ISBN |
0415135982 (hardback) |
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0415135990 (paperback) |
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