Format:
1 Online-Ressource (226 pages)
Edition:
2014
ISBN:
9781350051119
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9781350051102
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9781350051096
Content:
"Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good and influence our lives? Mary Midgley addresses these provocative questions in her most up-to-date statement on the various forms of our current intellectual anxieties and confusions and how we might deal with them. In doing so, she provides a robust, yet not uncritical, defence of philosophy and the life of the mind. This defence is expertly placed in the context of contemporary debates about science, religion, and philosophy. It asks whether, in light of rampant scientific and technological developments, we still need philosophy to help us think about the big questions of meaning, knowledge, and value."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Content:
Part 1. The search for signposts -- Part 2. Tempting visions of science -- Part 3. Mindlessness and machine-worship -- Part 4. Singularities and the cosmos
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350051089
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350051072
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Midgley, Mary, 1919 - 2018 What is philosophy for? London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 ISBN 9781350051072
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1350051071
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350051089
Additional Edition:
ISBN 135005108X
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Philosophie
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DOI:
10.5040/9781350051119
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