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The virtues of ignorance : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge /
Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries, along with the notion that environmental problems can be solved with scientific applications. The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge proposes an alternative to this...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Culture of the land.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Human dependence on technology has increased exponentially over the past several centuries, along with the notion that environmental problems can be solved with scientific applications. The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge proposes an alternative to this hubristic, shortsighted, and dangerous worldview. The contributors offer profound arguments for the advantages of an ignorance-based worldview. Examining the relationship between the land and the future generations who will depend on it, they propose that, while we cannot improve upon nature, by put. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813172866 0813172861 9780813138763 0813138760 1282937367 9781282937369 9786612937361 661293736X |