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OverviewIn an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there’s much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cells. Exploring the remarkable gap that has opened up between our understanding of our sense of self and today’s science, Midgley argues powerfully and persuasively that the rich variety of our imaginative life cannot be contained in the narrow bounds of a highly puritanical materialism that simply equates brain and self. Engaging with the work of prominent thinkers, Midgley investigates the source of our current attitudes to the self and reveals how ideas, traditions and myths have been twisted to fit in, seemingly naturally, with science’s current preoccupation with the physical and material. Midgley shows that the subjective sources of thought – our own experiences – are every bit as necessary in helping to explain the world as the objective ones such as brain cells. Are You an Illusion? offers a salutary analysis of science’s claim to have done away with the self and a characteristic injection of common sense from one of our most respected philosophers into a debate increasingly in need of it. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Stephen Cave. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Midgley , Stephen Cave (University of Cambridge, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.211kg ISBN: 9781032533681ISBN 10: 1032533684 Pages: 170 Publication Date: 28 September 2023 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews'Midgley manages in just 150 pages to say more than most scholars manage in a lifetime.' - Financial Times 'A fiercely combative philosopher ... our foremost scourge of scientific pretension.' - The Guardian 'She has, perhaps, the sharpest perception of any living thinker of the dangerous extremism that lurks behind so much contemporary scientistic discourse ... Merely as anthologies of contemporary folly, Midgley's books are essential reading.' - The Sunday Times 'Midgley manages in just 150 pages to say more than most scholars manage in a lifetime.' - Financial Times 'A fiercely combative philosopher … our foremost scourge of scientific pretension.' - The Guardian 'She has, perhaps, the sharpest perception of any living thinker of the dangerous extremism that lurks behind so much contemporary scientistic discourse ... Merely as anthologies of contemporary folly, Midgley's books are essential reading.' - The Sunday Times 'Midgley manages in just 150 pages to say more than most scholars manage in a lifetime.' – Financial Times 'A fiercely combative philosopher… our foremost scourge of scientific pretension.' – The Guardian 'She has, perhaps, the sharpest perception of any living thinker of the dangerous extremism that lurks behind so much contemporary scientistic discourse... Merely as anthologies of contemporary folly, Midgley's books are essential reading.' – The Sunday Times Author InformationMary Midgley (1919–2018) was one of the leading moral philosophers of her generation and has been described by The Guardian as 'the foremost scourge of scientific pretension in this country'. Many of her books are available in Routledge Classics, including Beast and Man, Wickedness and The Myths We Live By. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |