What Is Philosophy For?

by Mary Midgley

Book Overview

Why should anybody take an interest in philosophy? Is it just another detailed study like metallurgy? Or is it similar to history, literature and even religion: a study meant to do some personal good and influence our lives?

Mary Midgley addresses these provocative questions in her most up-to-date statement on the various forms of our current intellectual anxieties and confusions and how we might deal with them. In doing so, she provides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350051071
• ISBN13: 9781350051072
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"