TY - BOOK ID - 77901558 TI - Wisdom, information, and wonder PY - 1991 SN - 1134971923 1280182202 020300387X 9780203003879 0415028302 9781134971879 9781134971916 9780415028301 9781138141261 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy. KW - Ordinary-language philosophy. KW - Ordinary-language analysis KW - Ordinary-language method KW - Philosophy, Ordinary-language KW - Analysis (Philosophy) KW - Language and languages KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77901558 AB - In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information is conveyed in the high-tech world, and criticizes conceptions of philosophy that support this mode of thinking. ER -