Knowledge systems can also clash at the level of the individual. Why do people often ignore information that contradicts their personal "knowledge"? Under what conditions are people prepared to give up firm beliefs and integrate new information that contradicts their prior knowledge? This book thus addresses many fields in the academy but also learned individuals who are interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.
Knowledge systems can also clash at the level of the individual. Why do people often ignore information that contradicts their personal "knowledge"? Under what conditions are people prepared to give up firm beliefs and integrate new information that contradicts their prior knowledge? This book thus addresses many fields in the academy but also learned individuals who are interested in the often puzzling spatial and cultural disparities of knowledge and clashes of knowledge.

Clashes of Knowledge: Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion
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Clashes of Knowledge: Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in Science and Religion
230Paperback(Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9789048173921 |
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Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Publication date: | 11/19/2010 |
Series: | Knowledge and Space , #1 |
Edition description: | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008 |
Pages: | 230 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d) |