Flight from Fallibility: How Theory Triumphed Over Experience in The West

Flight from Fallibility: How Theory Triumphed Over Experience in The West

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Book Description
Perkinson provides an original historical interpretation that shows how our intellectual, political, economic, and social institutions emerged out of and are based upon the acceptance of human fallibility. He argues that the survival of these institutions is threatened by theorists who quest for certain knowledge, legitimate government, a just economy, and a rational foundation for morality.

About the Author
HENRY J. PERKINSON is Emeritus Professor of History at New York University.

Flight from Fallibility: How Theory Triumphed Over Experience in The West,Henry J. Perkinson,Praeger Publishers,0275973581,Criticism (Philosophy),Fallibility,History,History: World,Justification (Theory of knowl,Justification (Theory of knowledge),Movements - Existentialism,Philosophy,Philosophy and civilization,Theory,World - General,History / World,Political science & theory,Topics in philosophy

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