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  • Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In Beast and Man Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses…
    Beast and Man

    Beast and Man - The Roots of Human Nature

    Routledge Classics By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 52 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, July 2002 ISBN: 9781134438440 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • If science is neither cookery, nor angelic virtuosity, then what is it? Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering, and controlling the world, where…
    Ideas on the Nature of Science

    Ideas on the Nature of Science

    By David Cayley, David Cayley, David Abram et al rating of short cover   ( 8 customer ratings) Goose Lane Editions, November 2010 ISBN: 9780864926920 Other Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects Language:  English
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  • What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion…
    Science as Salvation

    Science as Salvation - A Modern Myth and its Meaning

    By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 20 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, February 2013 ISBN: 9781134841158 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. – The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the…
    The Myths We Live By

    The Myths We Live By

    Routledge Classics By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 34 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, April 2011 ISBN: 9781136807527 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but…
    The Myths We Live By

    The Myths We Live By

    By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 34 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, May 2003 ISBN: 9781134392520 Social Science, Folklore & Mythology Language:  English
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  • Why do the big philosophical questions so often strike us as far-fetched and little to with everyday life? Mary Midgley shows that it need not be that way; she shows that there is a need for…
    Utopias, Dolphins and Computers

    Utopias, Dolphins and Computers - Problems in Philosophical Plumbing

    By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 9 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, September 1996 ISBN: 9781134784660 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • According to a profile in The Guardian, Mary Midgley is 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretensions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who feel she sometimes oversteps the…
    Evolution as a Religion

    Evolution as a Religion - Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears

    Routledge Classics By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 36 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, February 2013 ISBN: 9781134470150 Language:  English
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  • In this book one of Britain's leading philosophers tackles a question at the root of our civilisation: What is knowledge for? Midgley rejects the fragmentary and specialized way in which information…
    Wisdom, Information and Wonder

    Wisdom, Information and Wonder - What is Knowledge For?

    By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 11 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, October 2012 ISBN: 9781134971916 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • In The Ethical Primate, Mary Midgley, 'one of the sharpest critical pens in the West' according to the Times Literary Supplement, addresses the fundamental question of human freedom. Scientists and…
    The Ethical Primate

    The Ethical Primate - Humans, Freedom and Morality

    By Mary Midgley rating of short cover   ( 10 customer ratings) Taylor and Francis, January 2002 ISBN: 9781134826940 Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy Language:  English
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  • In this book one of Britain's leading popular philosophers tackles a question that is at the root of our civilization: What is knowledge for?
    Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What is Knowledge For?

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    Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What is Knowledge For?

    By Mary Midgley Routledge, May 1991 ISBN: 9780203003879 Language:  English
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