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Heart and Mind: The Varieties of Moral Experience (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Midgley addresses herself to the problems of moral philosophy and psychology, examining the way we think of ourselves and how this affects our lives.
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Beast and Man: The Roots of Human Nature (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
In this major work, Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals argues that humans are rather more like animals than we have previously allowed ourselves to believe.
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The Ethical Primate: Humans, Freedom and Morality (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Mary Midgley argues that our evolutionary origin, properly understood, both explains why and how human freedom and morality have come about.
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The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores the nature of our moral constitution to challenge the view that reduces human motivation to self-interest. This title argues that simple, one-sided... Læs mere
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Wisdom, Information and Wonder: What is Knowledge For? (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
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?
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Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This classic book by one of Britain's finest philosophers is a punchy, compelling and lively indictment of the notion of science as a religion.
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Science and Poetry (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Invoking the unity of the imagination to restore the wholeness of our lives, Science and Poetry is a tour de force of passionate but clear-headed thinking about science and ourselves.
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Are You an Illusion? (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A salutary analysis of science’s claim to have done away with the self and a characteristic injection of common sense from one of our most respected philosophers into a debate increasingly in need of it. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Stephen Cave.
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The Essential Mary Midgley (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This is a must-have anthology, incorporating carefully selected excerpts from her bestselling books, this 2nd edition includes work published in the last 20 years. Expertly edited and introduced by David Midgley, it also includes a new Foreword by Rachael Wiseman.
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