Mary Midgley

Utopias, Dolphins and Computers

Problems in Philosophical Plumbing

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Produktbeschreibung

Why do the big philosophical questions so often strike us as far-fetched and little to do with everyday life? In "Utopias, Dolphins and Computers," Mary Midgley shows that it need not be that way, and makes the case for philosophy as a necessary tool for addressing some of the most pressing questions facing contemporary society: How should we treat animals? Why are we so confused about the value of education? What is at stake in feminism? Why do we think intelligent computers will save us? Exploring these issues and more, Midgley unfailingly identifies what is distorting our judgement and helps us see more clearly the dramas unfolding around us.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 126mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9780415133784
• ISBN-10: 0415133785
• Artikelnr.: 21403655

Autorenporträt

Mary Midgley is a moral philosopher. Until her retirement in 1980 she was Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Philosophical Plumbing 2. Practical Utopianism 3. Homunculus Trouble 4.
Myths of Intellectual Isolation 5. The Use and Uselessness of Learning 6.
Sex and Personal Identity 7. Freedom, Feminism and War 8. The End of
Anthropocentrism? 9. Is a Dolphin a Person? 10. Sustainability and Moral
Pluralism 11. Visions, Secular, Sacred and Scientific 12. Artificial
Intelligence and Creativity