<P>In an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there¿s much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cells. Exploring the remarkable gap that has opened up between our understanding of our sense of self and today¿s science, Midgley argues powerfully and persuasively that the rich variety of our imaginative life cannot be contained in the narrow bounds of a highly puritanical materialism that simply equates brain and self.</P><P></P><P>Engaging with the work of prominent thinkers, Midgley investigates the source of our current attitudes to the self and reveals how ideas, traditions and myths have been twisted to fit in, seemingly naturally, with science¿s current preoccupation with the physical and material. Midgley shows that the subjective sources of thought - our own experiences - are every bit as necessary in helping to explain the world as the objective ones such as brain cells.</P><P><
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Philosophers have traditionally concentrated on the qualities that make human beings different from other species. In <EM>Beast and Man</EM> Mary Midgley, one of our foremost intellectuals, stresses continuities. What makes people tick? Largely,...
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One of the UK''s foremost living moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profound love of teaching. <P></P><P>In...
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To look into the darkness of the human soul is a frightening venture. Here Mary Midgley does so, with her customary brilliance and clarity. Midgley''s analysis proves that the capacity for real wickedness is an inevitable part of human nature....
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According to The Guardian, Midgley is ''the foremost scourge of scientific pretentions in this country; someone whose wit is admired even by those who fee she sometimes oversteps the mark''. This book examines how science comes...
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