Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting

Lethe: The Art and Critique of Forgetting
ISBN-10
0801441935
ISBN-13
9780801441936
Series
Lethe
Category
Memory (Philosophy)
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Author
Harald Weinrich

Description

Harald Weinrich's epilogue considers forgetting in the present age of information overflow, particularly in the area of the natural sciences."--Jacket.

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