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The essential Mary Midgley / / edited by David Midgley
| The essential Mary Midgley / / edited by David Midgley |
| Autore | Midgley Mary <1919-2018, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (424 p.) |
| Disciplina | 192 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MidgleyDavid <1953-> |
| Soggetto topico | Philosophy, British - 20th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-27997-3
1-280-17716-0 0-203-31963-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
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Midgley Mary <1919-2018, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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The ethical primate : humans, freedom, and morality / / Mary Midgley
| The ethical primate : humans, freedom, and morality / / Mary Midgley |
| Autore | Midgley Mary <1919-2018, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 170/.42 |
| Soggetto topico |
Free will and determinism
Human beings Human evolution - Moral and ethical aspects Ethics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-33268-9
0-203-02984-4 1-134-82695-8 0-203-28750-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INNER DIVISIONS; MISGUIDED DEBATES; GUIDING VISIONS; HOPES OF SIMPLICITY; CRUSADES, LEGITIMATE AND OTHERWISE; CONVERGENT EXPLANATIONS AND THEIR USES; TROUBLES OF THE LINEAR PATTERN; FATALISM AND PREDICTABILITY; AGENCY AND ETHICS; MODERN MYTHS; THE STRENGTH OF INDIVIDUALISM; THE RETREAT FROM THE NATURAL WORLD; HOW FAR DOES SOCIABILITY TAKE US?; THE USES OF SYMPATHY; ON BEING TERRESTRIAL; WHAT KIND OF BEINGS ARE FREE?; MINDS RESIST STREAMLINING; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451259103321 |
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Midgley Mary <1919-2018, >
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The myths we live by / / Mary Midgley ; with a new foreword by the author
| The myths we live by / / Mary Midgley ; with a new foreword by the author |
| Autore | Midgley Mary <1919-2018, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina | 201/.3 |
| Collana | Routledge classics |
| Soggetto topico |
Myth - Social aspects - History
Civilization, Modern - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-10375-3
9786613103758 1-136-80753-5 0-203-82832-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Mary Midgley The Myths We Live By; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword To The Routledge Classics Edition; 1. How myths work; 2. Our place in the world; 3. Progress, science and modernity; 4. Thought has many forms; 5. The aims of reduction; 6. Dualistic dilemmas; 7. Motives, materialism and megalomania; 8. What action is; 9. Tidying the inner scene: why memes?; 10. The sleep of reason produces monsters; 11. Getting rid of the ego; 12. Cultural evolution?; 13. Selecting the selectors; 14. Is reason sex-linked?; 15. The journey from freedom to desolation
16. Biotechnology and the yuk factor17. The new alchemy; 18. The supernatural engineer; 19. Heaven and earth, an awkward history; 20. Science looks both ways; 21. Are you an animal?; 22. Problems about parsimony; 23. Denying animal consciousness; 24. Beasts versus the biosphere?; 25. Some practical dilemmas; 26. Problems of living with otherness; 27. Changing ideas of wildness; Notes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456973503321 |
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Midgley Mary <1919-2018, >
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
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The solitary self : Darwin and the selfish gene / / Mary Midgley
| The solitary self : Darwin and the selfish gene / / Mary Midgley |
| Autore | Midgley Mary <1919-2018, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina | 231.7652 |
| Collana | Heretics |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion Ethics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-48824-5
1-315-71020-X 1-280-12013-4 9786613524027 1-84465-483-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1. Pseudo-Darwinism and social atomism; 2. The background: egoism from Hobbes to R. D. Laing; 3. The natural springs of morality; 4. Coming to terms with reason; 5. Darwin's new broom; 6. The self's strange adventures; Conclusion: the wider perspective; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451738103321 |
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Midgley Mary <1919-2018, >
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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