Knowledge and Civilization, Paperback by Allen, Barry, ISBN 0813341353, ISBN-13 9780813341354, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Allen (philosophy, McMaster U., Ontario) moves the theory of knowledge away from textbook problems of epistemology toward an ecological philosophy of technology and civilization. Rationalists err, he says, when they define knowledge as simple, native belief plus a magic ingredient such as truth, warrant, or a causal relation to the object of knowledge. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()