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The Essential Mary Midgley.
Feared and admired in equal measure, Mary Midgley has carefully yet profoundly challenged many of the scientific and moral orthodoxies of the twentieth century. The Essential Mary Midgley collects for the first time the very best of this famous philosopher's work, described by the Financial Tim...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Taylor & Francis
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Part One
- The Roots of Human Nature
- 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 WAYFARER
- Part 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 ON BOTH THEIR HOUSES
- Part Five
- Gaian Thinking:: Putting it All Together
- 27 INDIVIDUALISM AND THE CONCEPT OF GAIA
- 28 GODS AND GODDESSES
- 29 WHY THERE IS SUCH A THING AS SOCIETY
- 30 THE UNITY OF LIFE
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY MARY MIDGLEY
- INDEX.