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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450096503321

Titolo

Thinking through myths : philosophical perspectives / / edited by Kevin Schilbrack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

0-415-25460-4

1-134-52322-X

1-280-06885-X

0-203-39844-0

Descrizione fisica

x, 217 p

Altri autori (Persone)

SchilbrackKevin <1964->

Disciplina

291.1/3

Soggetti

Myth

Religion - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction -- On the use of philosophy in the study of myths / Kevin Schilbrack -- chapter 1 Myth as primitive philosophy: the case of E.B. Tylor ROBE RT A. SEGAL -- The case of E.B. Tylor / Robert A. Segal -- chapter 2 Myth and phenomenology / Milton Scarborough -- chapter 3 Myth and pragmatic semiotics / William L. Power -- chapter 4 Myth and metaphysics / Kevin Schilbrack -- chapter 5 Myth and feminist philosophy / Pamela Sue Anderson -- chapter 6 Myth and moral philosophy / James Wetzel -- chapter 7 Myth and postmodernist philosophy / William G. Doty -- chapter 8 Myth and environmental philosophy / J. Baird Callicott -- chapter 9 Myth and ideology / Christopher Flood -- chapter 10 Myth and public science / Mary Gerhart.