The essential Mary Midgley / edited by David Midgley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Midgley, Mary, 1919-

Contributor:

Midgley, David, 1953-

Standardized Title:

Selections. 2005

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, British--20th century.

Philosophy, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-404) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-27996-5

1-134-27997-3

1-280-17716-0

0-203-31963-X

9780203319635

OCLC:

475906340