Unknowability by Nicholas Rescher
An Inquiry into the Limits of Knowledge
The book argues that limits to human knowledge are pervasive and systematic: some things are unknowable because of practical constraints, some because of intrinsic logical or mathematical undecidability, and others because of complexity, chaos, or the open-ended character of inquiry. It classifies different kinds and sources of unknowability, examines their implications for science, history, and everyday reasoning, and urges epistemic humility while outlining pragmatic responses—heuristics, probabilistic reasoning, and fallibilist methods—that allow us to cope with and often make useful, approximate knowledge despite the inevitability of persistent gaps.
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