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- catalog abstract "This work is an investigation of why and how science has so powerfully shaped the way we understand ourselves, our behaviour towards others and our place in the world.".
- catalog contributor b12010221.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-215) and index.".
- catalog description "This work is an investigation of why and how science has so powerfully shaped the way we understand ourselves, our behaviour towards others and our place in the world.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Visions of rationality. 1. The sources of thought. 2. Knowledge considered as weed-killer. 3. Rationality and rainbows. 4. The shape of disillusion. 5. Atomistic visions: the quest for permanence. 6. Memes and other unusual life-forms -- pt. II. Mind and body: the end of apartheid. 7. Putting our selves together again. 8. Living in the world. 9. The strange persistence of fatalism. 10. Chessboards and presidents of the immortals. 11. Doing science on purpose. 12. One world, but a big one. 13. A plague on both their houses. 14. Being scientific about our selves -- pt. III. In what kind of world? 15. Widening responsibilities. 16. The problem of humbug. 17. Individualism and the concept of Gaia.".
- catalog extent "x, 230 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415237327".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York, NY : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "509 21".
- catalog subject "Q175 .M612 2001".
- catalog subject "Science Methodology.".
- catalog subject "Science Philosophy.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Visions of rationality. 1. The sources of thought. 2. Knowledge considered as weed-killer. 3. Rationality and rainbows. 4. The shape of disillusion. 5. Atomistic visions: the quest for permanence. 6. Memes and other unusual life-forms -- pt. II. Mind and body: the end of apartheid. 7. Putting our selves together again. 8. Living in the world. 9. The strange persistence of fatalism. 10. Chessboards and presidents of the immortals. 11. Doing science on purpose. 12. One world, but a big one. 13. A plague on both their houses. 14. Being scientific about our selves -- pt. III. In what kind of world? 15. Widening responsibilities. 16. The problem of humbug. 17. Individualism and the concept of Gaia.".
- catalog title "Science and poetry / Mary Midgley.".
- catalog type "text".