The myths we live by
by Midgley, Mary 1919-.
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BookPublisher: Routledge 2003ISBN: 9780415309066; 0415309069.Classification number: 191 MIDSubject(s): Science -- Philosophy | Myth | SymbolismSubject: In this work, Mary Midgley argues that myth, far from being in opposition to, is actually part and parcel of science. According to Midgley, myths are neither lies nor stories, but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
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| 190 FEA Philosophy: | 190 PHI The philosophers: introducing great western thinkers | 190.904 PHI Philosophers of our times | 191 MID The myths we live by | 194 LEV Sartre | 199.492 GOL Betraying Spinoza: the renegade Jew who gave us modernity | 201.7209 BUR Sacred causes: religion and politics from the European dictators to Al Qaeda |
Includes bibliographical references and index
In this work, Mary Midgley argues that myth, far from being in opposition to, is actually part and parcel of science. According to Midgley, myths are neither lies nor stories, but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.
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