Science and Poetry

2015-11-24


Science and Poetry

Mary Midgley 2001


E-Book: 241 English Pages

Publisher: Routledge

Price: 2.000 Toman

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Science, according to the received wisdom of the day, can answer any question we choose to put to it – even the most fundamental about ourselves, our behaviour and our cultures. But for Mary Midgley it can never be the whole story, as it cannot truly explain what it means to be human.

In this typically crusading work, universally acclaimed as a classic on first publication, she powerfully asserts her corrective view that without poetry (or literature, or music, or history, or even theology) we cannot hope to understand our humanity. In this remarkable book, the reader is struck by both the simplicity and power of her argument and the sheer pleasure of reading one of our most accessible philosophers.


Review

‘A fiercely combative philosopher … our foremost scourge of scientific pretension.’

The Guardian


About the Author

Mary Midgley is a popular moral philosopher and has been described by The Guardian as “the foremost scourge of scientific pretension in this country.” She has recently completed her autobiography, The Owl of Minerva (Routledge, 2005).

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