Rethinking Knowledge: Reflections Across the Disciplines

Goodman, Robert F.; Walter R. Fisher

ISBN 10: 0791423387 / ISBN 13: 9780791423387

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 1995

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246 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Knowledge: Reflections Across the Disciplines
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791423387
• ISBN 13: 9780791423387
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This is an exploration of modernism and postmodernism in regard to knowledge: methods of inquiry, operations of the mind, the role of values, conceptions of self, and the problematic of reason.

This book explores issues of modernism and postmodernism in relation to knowledge: methods of inquiry, operations of the mind, the role of values, conceptions of self, and the problematic of reason.

Among the distinguished contributors are Michael Arbib, Aaron Ben-Zeev, Helen Couclelis, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Jane Flax, George E. Marcus, Donald McCloskey, Donald Schon, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, and Charles Taylor.

About the Author

Robert F. Goodman is Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Haifa, Israel. Walter R. Fisher is Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California.