The Pathbreaking, Fractionalized, Uncertain World of Knowledge

By STANLEY N. KATZ

Many years ago, the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead remarked, "The task of the university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought, and civilized modes of appreciation, can affect the issue." But for many of today's academics, rationality is in question, civilization is anathema, and universities have not created, for themselves...

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