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What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible?These are only some of the questions addressed in What Philosophers Think, a collection of interviews with some of the world's leading philosophers and intellectuals.Contributors: Simon Blackburn, Helena Cronin, Don Cupitt, Richard Dawkins, Michael Dummett, Stuart Hampshire, John Harris, Ted Honderich, Mary Midgley, Ray Monk, Hilary Putnam, Jonathan Rée, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Roger Scruton, John Searle, Peter Singer, Alan Sokal, Russell Stannard, Richard Swinburne, Peter Vardy, Edward O. Wilson, Mary Warnock.
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What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible?
Synopsis
What does evolution mean today? Do we have free will? How is technology changing the way we understand life? Where is God? Does art have a value? Is science the new philosophy? What are the ethics of making war? How does language hold meaning? Is freedom possible?
These are only some of the questions addressed in What Philosophers Think, a collection of interviews with some of the world's leading philosophers and intellectuals.
Contributors: Simon Blackburn, Helena Cronin, Don Cupitt, Richard Dawkins, Michael Dummett, Stuart Hampshire, John Harris, Ted Honderich, Mary Midgley, Ray Monk, Hilary Putnam, Jonathan Rée, Janet Radcliffe Richards, Roger Scruton, John Searle, Peter Singer, Alan Sokal, Russell Stannard, Richard Swinburne, Peter Vardy, Edward O. Wilson, Mary Warnock.
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Table of Contents
Peter Singer on Darwin and ethicsJanet Radcliffe Richards on Darwin, nature and hubrisHelena Cronin on evolutionary psychologyRichard Dawkins on genes and determinismAlan Sokal on science and relativismEdward O. Wilson on science as the new philosophy Russell Stannard on science and religion John Harris on science, ethics and society Don Cupitt on the non-realist god Richard Swinburne on freedom and evil Peter Vardy on philosophy of religion Mary Midgley on Murdoch and morality Stuart Hampshire on justice and conflict Roger Scruton on art's value Mary Warnock on women philosophersRay Monk on the dark sideTed Honderich on free will John Searle on realism Jonathan Rée on beyond realism and anti-realism Simon Blackburn on language mattersMichael Dummett on truth and meaningHilary Putnam on being out of our heads