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Philosophy and Animal Life

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Description for Philosophy and Animal Life Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 105 x 12. Weight in Grams: 160.
Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. Cora Diamond begins with "The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy," in which she accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, the responsibility of human beings toward nonhuman animals. Diamond then explores the animal question as it is bound up with the more general problem of philosophical skepticism. Focusing specifically on J. M. Coetzee's The Lives of Animals, she considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals. Stanley Cavell responds ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
159 g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231145152
SKU
V9780231145152
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About Stanley Cavell
Stanley Cavell is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. His books include Philosophy the Day After Tomorrow, The Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage; and The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy. Cora Diamond is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy and professor ... Read more

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