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  • 1
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    The myths we live by / (2003)
    London ; : Routledge,
    Details
    UID:
    almahu_9949068795202882
    Format: 1 online resource (203 p.)
    ISBN: 1-134-39252-4 , 1-134-39253-2 , 1-280-04707-0 , 9786610047079 , 0-203-48092-9
    Content: 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 a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record. , How myths work -- Our place in the world -- Progress, science and modernity -- Thought has many forms -- The aims of reduction -- Dualistic dilemmas -- Motives, materialism and megalomania -- What is action -- Tidying the inner scene : why memes? -- The sleep of reason produces monsters -- Getting rid of the ego -- Cultural evolution? -- Selecting the selectors -- Is reason sex-linked? -- The journey from freedom to desolation -- Biotechnology and the yuk factor -- The new alchemy -- The supernatural engineer -- Heaven and earth, an awkward history -- Science looks both ways -- Are you an animal? -- Problems about parsimony -- Denying animal consciousness -- Beasts versus the biosphere? -- Some practical dilemmas -- Problems of living with otherness -- Changing ideas of wildness , English
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-34077-2
    Additional Edition: ISBN 0-415-30906-9
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.4324/9780203480922
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    HU Berlin
    FU Berlin
    Charité
  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    The myths we live by (2003)
    London : Routledge,
    Details
    UID:
    gbv_1681513579
    Format: 1 online resource (x, 192 pages)
    ISBN: 9780203480922 , 9781134392483 , 9781134392520
    Content: How myths work -- Our place in the world -- Progress, science and modernity -- Thought has many forms -- The aims of reduction -- Dualistic dilemmas -- Motives, materialism and megalomania -- What is action -- Tidying the inner scene : why memes? -- The sleep of reason produces monsters -- Getting rid of the ego -- Cultural evolution? -- Selecting the selectors -- Is reason sex-linked? -- The journey from freedom to desolation -- Biotechnology and the yuk factor -- The new alchemy -- The supernatural engineer -- Heaven and earth, an awkward history -- Science looks both ways -- Are you an animal? -- Problems about parsimony -- Denying animal consciousness -- Beasts versus the biosphere? -- Some practical dilemmas -- Problems of living with otherness -- Changing ideas of wildness.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-184) and index
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780415309066
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780415340779
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415309066
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.4324/9780203480922
    URL: kostenfrei
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    Stabi Berlin
    MPI Bildungsforschung
  • 3
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    Online Resource
    The Myths We Live By. (2003)
    Florence : Routledge
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    UID:
    gbv_1727067002
    Format: 1 online resource (203 pages)
    Edition: 2nd ed.
    ISBN: 9780203480922
    Content: 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 a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
    Content: Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- How myths work -- Our place in the world -- Progress, science and modernity -- Thought has many forms -- The aims of reduction -- Dualistic dilemmas -- Motives, materialism and megalomania -- What action is -- Tidying the inner scene: why memes? -- The sleep of reason produces monsters -- Getting rid of the ego -- Cultural evolution? -- Selecting the selectors -- Is reason sex-linked? -- The journey from freedom to desolation -- Biotechnology and the yuk factor -- The new alchemy -- The supernatural engineer -- Heaven and earth, an awkward history -- Science looks both ways -- Are you an animal? -- Problems about parsimony -- Denying animal consciousness -- Beasts versus the biosphere? -- Some practical dilemmas -- Problems of living with otherness -- Changing ideas of wildness -- Notes -- Index.
    Note: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780415309066
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415309066
    Language: English
    URL: lizenzpflichtig
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    UB Potsdam
  • 4
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    The myths we live by / (2005)
    London [u.a.] :Routledge,
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    UID:
    almahu_BV025407070
    Format: X, 192 S.
    Edition: Repr.
    ISBN: 0-415-34077-2 , 0-415-30906-9
    Language: English
    Subjects: Philosophy
    RVK:
    CC 8200
    RVK:
    CI 6350
    RVK:
    CC 3200
    Keywords: Weltanschauung ; Mythos ; Mythos ; Naturwissenschaften
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    The myths we live by / (2004)
    London [u.a.] :Routledge,
    Details
    UID:
    almahu_BV025400868
    Format: X, 192 S.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    ISBN: 0-415-34077-2 , 0-415-30906-9
    Language: English
    Subjects: Philosophy
    RVK:
    CC 8200
    RVK:
    CC 3200
    Keywords: Weltanschauung ; Mythos ; Mythos ; Naturwissenschaften
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  • 6
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    The myths we live by / (2003)
    London ; : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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    UID:
    kobvindex_HPB1162470611
    Format: 1 online resource
    ISBN: 9781134392520 , 1134392524 , 1134392532 , 9781134392537 , 1280047070 , 9781280047077 , 9786610047079 , 6610047073 , 0203480929 , 9780203480922 , 9780415309066 , 0415309069 , 9780415340779 , 0415340772 , 9781134392483 , 1134392486
    Content: 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 a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
    Note: How myths work -- Our place in the world -- Progress, science and modernity -- Thought has many forms -- The aims of reduction -- Dualistic dilemmas -- Motives, materialism and megalomania -- What is action -- Tidying the inner scene : why memes? -- The sleep of reason produces monsters -- Getting rid of the ego -- Cultural evolution? -- Selecting the selectors -- Is reason sex-linked? -- The journey from freedom to desolation -- Biotechnology and the yuk factor -- The new alchemy -- The supernatural engineer -- Heaven and earth, an awkward history -- Science looks both ways -- Are you an animal? -- Problems about parsimony -- Denying animal consciousness -- Beasts versus the biosphere? -- Some practical dilemmas -- Problems of living with otherness -- Changing ideas of wildness. , English.
    Additional Edition: Print version: Myths we live by. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 ISBN 0415309069
    Language: English
    Keywords: History
    DOI: 10.4324/9780203480922
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    HPol Brandenburg
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