Are you an illusion?. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.