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Item Details
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UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS
CONVERSATIONS ON EPISTEMOLOGY AND ETHICS |
| By: |
Bernhard Poerksen, Heinz Von Foerster |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£113.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0306467526 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780306467523 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA |
| Pub. date: |
24 July, 2003 |
| Edition: |
2002 ed. |
| Series: |
IFSR International Series in Systems Science and Systems Engineering v. 17 |
| Pages: |
158 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
How real is reality? Are our images of the world mere inventions, or does an external reality correspond to them? Addressing such questions, this title discusses the seeming objectivity of our sensual perception, the consequences of "truth terrorism", and the connections between knowledge and ethics, sight, and insight. |
| Synopsis: |
How real is reality? Are our images of the world mere inventions, or does an external reality correspond to them? Is it possible to know the truth?These are questions that physicist and philosopher Heinz von Foerster and journalist Bernhard Poerksen debate about in their conversations. Together, they explore the borders of our capacity for knowledge. They discuss the seeming objectivity of our sensual perception, the consequences of "truth terrorism" and the connections between knowledge and ethics, sight and insight. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, ports. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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