Flight from fallibility: how theory triumphed over experience in the West

Henry Perkinson, Henry J. Perkinson0275973581, 9780275973582, 9780313075407

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.