# The Necessity of Errors

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- Book: [The Necessity of Errors](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-roberts/the-necessity-of-errors) ([The Necessity of Errors.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-roberts/the-necessity-of-errors.md))
- Authors: [John Roberts](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-roberts)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-4467-739-9
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2011-10-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Truth and error are interdependent; claims to truth can be made only in the light of previous error. In The Necessity of Errors, John Roberts explores how, up to Hegel, emphasis was placed on error as...