The Knowledge Most Worth Having.

The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicagofaculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in ones chosen field. The papers collected here...

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Main Author: Booth, Wayne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
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505 0 |a IS THERE ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT A MAN MUST HAVE?; RETURNING COALS TO NEWCASTLE; THE INSTRUMENTS OF MENTAL PRODUCTION; A TRANSATLANTIC VIEW OF "WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS WORTH HAVING"; UNDERGRADUATES AND THE SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE; DIVERSITY; EDUCATION AND THE CONTEMPORARY WOMAN; PLATONIC EDUCATION; THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS; THE ROLE OF A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WITHIN A UNIVERSITY. 
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