What is philosophy for? / by Mary Midgley.
What is philosophy for? / by Mary Midgley.
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
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G 2018/6241
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English
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vi, 223 pages ; 21 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Part 1. The Search for Signposts. Chapter 1. Directions. Chapter 2. Do Ideas Get Out Of Date?. Chapter 3. What is Research?. Chapter 4. Clashes of Method. Chapter 5. What is Matter?. Chapter 6. Quantum Queries. Chapter 7. What is Progress?. Chapter 8. Perspectives and Paradoxes: Rousseau And His Int...
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London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
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England
Date Published
2018.
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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 intel...
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What is philosophy for? / by Mary Midgley.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/6241
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74VKVQVqrMRb
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9781350051089 hardback
135005108X hardback
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100
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991024196315602626
