The Resource The virtues of ignorance : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge, edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson
The virtues of ignorance : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge, edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (354 pages)
- Contents
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- Toward an ignorance-based worldview / Wes Jackson
- The way of ignorance / Wendell Berry
- Ignorance, an inner perspective / Robert Perry
- Human ignorance and the limited use of history / Richard D. Lamm
- Ignorance and know-how / Conn Nugent
- Optimizing uncertainty / Raymond H. Dean
- Toward an ecological conversation / Steve Talbott
- Ignorance and ethics / Anna L. Peterson
- Imposed ignorance and humble ignorance: two worldviews / Paul G. Heltne
- Battle for the soul of ignorance: rhetoric and philosophy in classical Athens / Charles Marsh
- Choosing ignorance within a learning universe / Peter G. Brown
- The path of enlightened ignorance: Alfred North Whitehead and Ernst Mayr / Strachan Donnelley
- Joyful ignorance and the civic mind / Bill Vitek
- I don't know / Robert Root-Bernstein
- Lessons learned from ignorance: the curriculum on medical (and other) ignorance / Marlys Hearst Witte [and others]
- Economics and the promotion of ignorance-squared / Herb Thompson
- Educating for ignorance / Jon Jensen
- Climate change and the limits of knowledge / Joe Marocco
- Can we see with fresh eyes? beyond a culture of abstraction / Craig Holdrege
- Isbn
- 9780813138763
- Label
- The virtues of ignorance : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge
- Title
- The virtues of ignorance
- Title remainder
- complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson
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- Agriculture
- Agriculture -- Philosophy
- Agriculture -- Philosophy
- Conservation of natural resources
- Conservation of natural resources
- Electronic books
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
- Nature and civilization
- Nature and civilization
- Philosophy and science
- Philosophy and science
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science
- Science
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Sustainable development
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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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- 1957-
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- Vitek, William
- Jackson, Wes
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- Culture of the land
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- Agriculture
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Philosophy and science
- Nature and civilization
- Conservation of natural resources
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- SCIENCE
- Agriculture
- Conservation of natural resources
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
- Nature and civilization
- Philosophy and science
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Science
- Agriculture
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- The virtues of ignorance : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge, edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Toward an ignorance-based worldview / Wes Jackson -- The way of ignorance / Wendell Berry -- Ignorance, an inner perspective / Robert Perry -- Human ignorance and the limited use of history / Richard D. Lamm -- Ignorance and know-how / Conn Nugent -- Optimizing uncertainty / Raymond H. Dean -- Toward an ecological conversation / Steve Talbott -- Ignorance and ethics / Anna L. Peterson -- Imposed ignorance and humble ignorance: two worldviews / Paul G. Heltne -- Battle for the soul of ignorance: rhetoric and philosophy in classical Athens / Charles Marsh -- Choosing ignorance within a learning universe / Peter G. Brown -- The path of enlightened ignorance: Alfred North Whitehead and Ernst Mayr / Strachan Donnelley -- Joyful ignorance and the civic mind / Bill Vitek -- I don't know / Robert Root-Bernstein -- Lessons learned from ignorance: the curriculum on medical (and other) ignorance / Marlys Hearst Witte [and others] -- Economics and the promotion of ignorance-squared / Herb Thompson -- Educating for ignorance / Jon Jensen -- Climate change and the limits of knowledge / Joe Marocco -- Can we see with fresh eyes? beyond a culture of abstraction / Craig Holdrege
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- 1 online resource (354 pages)
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- online
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- 9780813138763
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- (OCoLC)229062452
- Label
- The virtues of ignorance : complexity, sustainability, and the limits of knowledge, edited by Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- multicolored
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- txt
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- Contents
- Toward an ignorance-based worldview / Wes Jackson -- The way of ignorance / Wendell Berry -- Ignorance, an inner perspective / Robert Perry -- Human ignorance and the limited use of history / Richard D. Lamm -- Ignorance and know-how / Conn Nugent -- Optimizing uncertainty / Raymond H. Dean -- Toward an ecological conversation / Steve Talbott -- Ignorance and ethics / Anna L. Peterson -- Imposed ignorance and humble ignorance: two worldviews / Paul G. Heltne -- Battle for the soul of ignorance: rhetoric and philosophy in classical Athens / Charles Marsh -- Choosing ignorance within a learning universe / Peter G. Brown -- The path of enlightened ignorance: Alfred North Whitehead and Ernst Mayr / Strachan Donnelley -- Joyful ignorance and the civic mind / Bill Vitek -- I don't know / Robert Root-Bernstein -- Lessons learned from ignorance: the curriculum on medical (and other) ignorance / Marlys Hearst Witte [and others] -- Economics and the promotion of ignorance-squared / Herb Thompson -- Educating for ignorance / Jon Jensen -- Climate change and the limits of knowledge / Joe Marocco -- Can we see with fresh eyes? beyond a culture of abstraction / Craig Holdrege
- Control code
- ocn229062452
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- unknown
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- 1 online resource (354 pages)
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- online
- Isbn
- 9780813138763
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- unknown
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- computer
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- rdamedia
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- c
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- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt2hh6v8
- 0ec5fbdd-e6be-442a-8ace-11cf18d82bcf
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- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)229062452
Subject
- Agriculture
- Agriculture -- Philosophy
- Agriculture -- Philosophy
- Conservation of natural resources
- Conservation of natural resources
- Electronic books
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
- Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)
- Nature and civilization
- Nature and civilization
- Philosophy and science
- Philosophy and science
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science
- Science
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable agriculture
- Sustainable development
- Sustainable development
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General
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