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What Is Philosophy for?
What Is Philosophy for?
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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 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.
Author: Mary Midgley
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 09/20/2018
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781350051089
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.
Author: Mary Midgley
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 09/20/2018
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781350051089
