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" Utopias, dolphins, and computers : "
Mary Midgley.
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1014722
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b769092
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| Main Entry
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Midgley, Mary,1919-2018.
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Utopias, dolphins, and computers : : problems of philosophical plumbing /\ Mary Midgley.
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New York :: Routledge,, 1996.
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182 pages
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0415133777
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: 0415133785
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: 9780415133777
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: 9780415133784
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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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.
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In Utopias, Dolphins and Computers Mary Midgley looks at the chronic difficulty of thinking straight about fundamental problems. She argues, with her customary clarity, warmth of tone and gentle wit, that philosophy offers a way of solving some of the most pressing contemporary problems. Where then does the real world need philosophy? It needs it when we want to consider such issues as environmental sustainability; educational ones such as the separation of teaching from research; and gender problems such as the kind of autonomy women are aiming for. From 'Freedom, Feminism and War' to 'Artificial Intelligence and Creativity', her essays unfailingly identify what is distorting our judgement and so help us see more clearly the dramas unfolding around us.
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Animals.
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Applied ethics.
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Human beings.
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Philosophy.
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Human beings.
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Applied ethics.
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Animals.
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Animals.
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Animals.
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Applied ethics.
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Applied ethics.
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Human beings.
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Human beings.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy.
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100
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B1647.M473U76 1996
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