基本信息出版社：Routledge
页码：256 页
出版日期：2002年03月
ISBN：0415278333
条形码：9780415278331
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Routledge Classics
外文书名：宗教演化

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Midgley exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Always at home when taking on the high priests of evolutionary theory - Dawkins, Wilson and their acolytes - she has described evolution as "the creation-myth of our age". In "Evolution As A Religion" she examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. Her argument is insightful - a lively indictment of these misuses of science.
作者简介 Mary Midgley is a philosopher with a special interest in ethics, human nature and science with a widespread international following for her work. Her latest book, Science and Poetry is also available through Routledge.
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"A graceful, refreshing and enlightening book, applied philosophy that is relevant, timely and metaphysical in the best sense." -- The New York Times Book Review

'A graceful, refreshing and enlightening book, applied philosophy that is relevant, timely and metaphysical in the best sense.' - New York Times Book Review; 'Midgley is one of the most acute and penetrating voices in current moral philosophy. Her great gift is clarity, both of thought and, especially, of expression. To follow her reasoning is like watching a ballet dancer walking in the street: there is a litheness, a gracefulness, an ease of articulation, which attest to years of learning lightly worn.' - John Banville, Irish Times

A graceful, refreshing and enlightening book, applied philosophy that is relevant, timely and metaphysical in the best sense.
– The New York Times Book Review

Midgley is one of the most acute and penetrating voices in current moral philosophy. Her great gift is clarity, both of thought and, especially, of expression. . To follow her reasoning . is like watching a ballet dancer walking in the street: there is a litheness, a gracefulness, an ease of articulation, which attests to years of learning lightly worn.
–John Banville, The Irish Times