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Offers a way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. This book explores how the animal question is bound up with the general problem of philosophical skepticism. It considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals.

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Introduction: Exposures, by Cary Wolfe 1. The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy, by Cora Diamond 2. Companionable Thinking, by Stanley Cavell 3. Comment on Stanley Cavell's "Companionable Thinking", by John McDowell Conclusion: Deflections, by Ian Hacking

Philosophy and Animal Life

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    A Hardback by Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, John McDowell

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/06/2008
      ISBN13: 9780231145145, 978-0231145145
      ISBN10: 0231145144

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. This book explores how the animal question is bound up with the general problem of philosophical skepticism. It considers the failure of language to capture the vulnerability of humans and animals.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction: Exposures, by Cary Wolfe 1. The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy, by Cora Diamond 2. Companionable Thinking, by Stanley Cavell 3. Comment on Stanley Cavell's "Companionable Thinking", by John McDowell Conclusion: Deflections, by Ian Hacking

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