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- Book Title
- The Essential Mary Midgley
- Publication Name
- Essential Mary Midgley
- Title
- The Essential Mary Midgley
- Contributor
- David Midgley (Edited by)
- Format
- Perfect
- ISBN-10
- 0415346428
- EAN
- 9780415346429
- ISBN
- 9780415346429
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Genre
- Philosophy & Spirituality
- Release Date
- 26/05/2005
- Release Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Number of Pages
- 424 Pages
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This unrivalled introduction to a revered philosopher and writer incorporates excerpts from her bestselling books, including her most recent work, The Myths We Live By. Topics discussed include the roots of human nature and reason and imagination.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
0415346428
ISBN-13
9780415346429
eBay Product ID (ePID)
31000726
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Essential Mary Midgley
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
424 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.6in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
B1647.M471m53 2005
Reviews
'She has, perhaps, the sharpest perception of any living thinker of the dangerous extremism that lurks behind so much contemporary scientistic discourse.'- Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times 'One of the sharpest critical pens in the West.'- Times Literary Supplement 'The value of Mary's thinking is that she questions the assumptions and investigates what she calls 'philosophical plumbing' and the role of different ideas in helping map our world...Having the whole of Mary's thinking summarised in one volume is enormously valuable, enabling the reader to access the essence of her approach.' The Science and Medical Network Review, 'She has, perhaps, the sharpest perception of any living thinker of the dangerous extremism that lurks behind so much contemporary scientistic discourse.' - Bryan Appleyard, The Sunday Times 'One of the sharpest critical pens in the West.' - Times Literary Supplement 'The value of Mary's thinking is that she questions the assumptions and investigates what she calls 'philosophical plumbing' and the role of different ideas in helping map our world...Having the whole of Mary's thinking summarised in one volume is enormously valuable, enabling the reader to access the essence of her approach.' - The Science and Medical Network Review
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part 1: The Roots of Human Nature ( From Beast and Man) 1. Have We A Nature? 2. Animals And The Problem Of Evil 3. Speech And Other Excellences (From Wickedness) 4. The Problem Of Natural Evil 5. The Elusiveness Of Responsibility 6. Selves And Shadows (From Animals and Why They Matter) 7. Emotion, Emotiveness and Sentimentality 8. Equality and Outer Darkness (From Utopias, Dolphins and Computers) 9. Is a Dolphin a Person? Part 2: Philosophizing Out in the World (From Utopias, Dolphins and Computers) 1. Philosophical Plumbing (From Wisdom, Information and Wonder) 2. Wisdom And Contemplation 3. The Withdrawal Of Moral Philosophy 4. Escaping from Solitude (From Heart and Mind) 5. The Human Heart and Other Organs 6. On Trying Out One's New Sword on a Chance Wayfarer Part 3: The Myths of Science (From Science as Salvation) 1. Salvation And The Academics (From Evolution as a Religion) 2. Evolutionary Dramas 3. The Irresistible Escalator 4. The Service of Self and the Service of Kali (From The Myths we Live By) 5. Biotechnology and the Yuk Factor (From Science as Salvation) 6. The Remarkable Masculine Birth Of Time Part 4: Reason and Imagination (From Science and Poetry) 1. The Sources Of Thought 2. Atomistic Visions: The Quest For Permanence 3. Putting Our Selves Together Again 4. A Plague On Both Their Houses Part 5: Gaian Thinking: Putting it All Together (From Science and Poetry) 1. Individualism and the concept of Gaia 2. Why There Is Such A Thing As Society 3. Gods and goddesses: the role of wonder (From Beast and Man) 4. The Unity Of Life Bibliography Notes Index
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
General, History & Surveys / Modern
Lccn
2004-022490
Dewey Decimal
192
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Philosophy
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