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Utopias, Dolphins and Computers

Paperback • 2000 • English

Utopias, Dolphins and Computers

By Mary Midgley

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About the book

Why do the big philosophical questions so often strike us as far-fetched and little to with everyday life? Mary Midgley shows that it need not be that way; she shows that there is a need for philosophy in the real world. Her popularity as one of our foremost philosophers is based on a no-nonsense, down-to-earth approach to fundamental human problems, philosphical or otherwise. In Utopias, Dolphins and Computers she makes her case for philosophy as a difficult but necessary tool for solving some ...Show more

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9780415133784

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Utopias, Dolphins and Computers

Format

Paperback

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