The measure of things: humanism, humility, and mystery
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Beteilige Person: Cooper, David E., (David Edward) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2007
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235988.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235988.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235988.001.0001
Beschreibung:Cooper explores and defends the view that a reality independent of human perspectives is necessarily indescribable, a 'mystery'. Other views are shown to be hubristic: humanists exaggerate our capacity to live without the sense of an independent measure; absolutists exaggerate our cognitive power
Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (380 p.)
ISBN:0191696684
9780191696688
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199235988.001.0001