Are you an illusion?. (2014)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Are you an illusion?. (2014)
- Main Title:
- Are you an illusion?
- Further Information:
- Note: Mary Midgley.
- Authors:
- Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018
- Contents:
- Introduction : are we losing ourselves? -- Changing relations to the cosmos -- Sciencephobia and its sources -- Transcendent numbers : Pythagoras and Plato -- What explanation is -- Why the idea of purpose won't go away -- Is sexual selection natural? -- The search for senselessness -- The beasts that perish -- Free will, not just free won't -- How divided selves live -- Hemispheres and holism -- The supernatural aspects of physics -- Conclusion : on being still here.
- Publisher Details:
- Durham : Acumen
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (viii, 167 pages .)
- Subjects:
- 126
Self (Philosophy)
Thought and thinking
Individuality
Philosophy and science
PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body
PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality
Individuality
Philosophy and science
Self (Philosophy)
Thought and thinking
Zelf
Reductionisme
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781317341208
1317341201
9781317341215 - Related ISBNs:
- 131734121X
9781844657926
1844657922 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158) and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.98347
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