The measure of things humanism, humility, and mystery
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 cognitiv...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2007, 2007
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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 |
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Physical Description: | 380 p. |
ISBN: | 9780191696688 0191696684 |