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Quote of the Day: Knowledge, Science, Enlightenment

Posted on July 01, 2008

For those of us who dwell in that hypothetical construct known as reality, the following E.L. Doctorow keynote address -- critical of ideological fundamentalism of all types -- is a breath of fresh air.Its from the April 2007 joint meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society on the theme of The Public Good: Knowledge as the Foundation for a Democratic Society titled The White Whale. Here is an excerpt: What does it say about the United States today that this fellowship of the arts and sciences and philosophy is called to affirm knowledge as ...

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