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Myths We Live By
Myths We Live By
We are encouraged to think that the language of science opposes myth, but does it? Mary Midgley argues in her new book that far from being the opposite of sc... »
 
 
 
 
 

The Essential Mary Midgley
The Essential Mary Midgley
Essential Mary Midgley »
 
 
 
 
 

The Myths We Live by
The Myths We Live by
We are encouraged to think that the language of science opposes myth, but does it? Mary Midgley argues in her new book that far from being the opposite of sc... »
 
 
 
 
 

The Solitary Self
The Solitary Self
Darwin And The Selfish Gene »
 
 
 
 
 

Wisdom, Information and Wonder
Wisdom, Information and Wonder
This treatise on the question of knowledge challenges readers to re-examine the protective barriers built to isolate science from other forms of enquiry. The... »
 
 
 
 
 

Science And Poetry
Science And Poetry
Is science the only way to understand the world and are genes us?Renowned moral philosopher Mary Midgley tackles these pressing questions andmore in her powe... »
 
 
 
 
 

The Ethical Primate
The Ethical Primate
Humans, Freedom and Morality »
 
 
 
 
 

Wickedness
Wickedness
A Philosophical Essay »
 
 
 
 
 

Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
Utopias, Dolphins and Computers
In this text, Mary Midgley looks at the chronic difficulties of thinking straight about large-scale problems. Philosophy, she argues, offers a way to solve s... »