The essential Mary Midgley / / edited by David Midgley

• Autore: Midgley Mary <1919->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 p.)
• Disciplina: 192
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, British - 20th century
• Altri autori: MidgleyDavid <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-404) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 HAVE WE A NATURE?; 2 ANIMALS AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL; 3 SPEECH AND OTHER EXCELLENCES; 4 THE PROBLEM OF NATURAL EVIL; 5 THE ELUSIVENESS OF RESPONSIBILITY; 6 SELVES AND SHADOWS; 7 EMOTION,EMOTIVENESS AND SENTIMENTALITY; 8 EQUALITY AND OUTER DARKNESS; 9 IS A DOLPHIN A PERSON?; Part Two – Philosophizing Out in the World; 10 PHILOSOPHICAL PLUMBING; 11 WISDOM AND CONTEMPLATION; 12 THE WITHDRAWAL OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY; 13 ESCAPING FROM SOLITUDE; 14 THE HUMAN HEART AND OTHER ORGANS ; 15 ON TRYING OUT ONE 'S NEW SWORD ON A CHANCE WAYFARERPart Three – The Myths of Science; 16 SALVATION AND THE ACADEMICS; 17 EVOLUTIONARY DRAMAS; 18 THE IRRESISTIBLE ESCALATOR; 19 THE SERVICE OF SELF AND THE SERVICE OF KALI; 20 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE YUK FACTOR; 21 THE SUPERNATURAL ENGINEER; 22 THE REMARKABLE MASCULINE BIRTH OF TIME; Part Four – Reason and Imagination; 23 THE SOURCES OF THOUGHT; 24 ATOMISTIC VISIONS; 25 PUTTING OUR SELVES TOGETHER AGAIN; 26 A PLAGUE O
• Sommario/riassunto: This anthology includes carefully chosen selections from her best-selling books, including Wickedness, Beast and Man, Science and Poetry and The Myths We Live By. An unrivalled introduction to a great philosopher, and includes a
• Titolo autorizzato: The essential Mary Midgley
• ISBN: 1-134-27996-5; 1-134-27997-3; 1-280-17716-0; 0-203-31963-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822192503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II