Language, ethics and animal life Wittgenstein and beyond /
"New research into human and animal consciousness, a heightened awareness of the methods and consequences of intensive farming, and modern concerns about animal welfare and ecology are among the factors that have made our relationship to animals an area of burning interest in contemporary philo...
| Other Authors: | Forsberg, Niklas,, Burley, Mikel, 1972-, Hämäläinen, Nora,, ProQuest (Firm) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2012.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations. |
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Ebook Central (EBC)
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Table of Contents:
- Humanizing nonhumans: ape language research as critique of metaphysics / Pär Segerdahl
- Ethics and language: what we owe to speakers / David Cockburn
- The difficulty of language: Wittgenstein on animals and humans / Nancy E. Baker
- Rape among scorpionflies, spouse abuse among the praying mantis and other 'reproductive strategies' in the animal and human world / Olli Lagerspetz
- Three perspectives on altruism / Ylva Gustafsson
- Talking about emotions / Camilla Kronqvist
- Man as a moral animal: moral language-games, certainty and the emotions / Julia Hermann
- Living with animals, living as an animal / Anne Le Goff
- What's wrong with a bite of dog? / Rami Gudovitch
- Second nature and animal life / Stefano Di Brisco
- Wittgenstein, wonder and attention to animals / Mikel Burley
- Honour, dignity and the realm of meaning / Nora Hämäläinen
- W.G. Sebald and the ethics of narrative / Alice Crary.