Download or read book Wisdom, Information and Wonder written by Mary Midgley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information is conveyed in the high-tech world, and criticizes conceptions of philosophy that support this mode of thinking.