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How real are you?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2009

Mary Midgley
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Abstract

Has science shown that people are, in some sense, an illusion? According to Mary Midgley, that is precisely what some scientists now preach. Focusing particularly on a claim made by Richard Dawkins, she explains why she believes these scientists are making a serious mistake.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Autumn 2002 , pp. 35 - 46
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2002

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1 Dawkins, Richard, Unweaving the Rainbow (London: Penguin, 1998), pp. 308–9.Google Scholar

2 Dawkins, Richard, The Selfish Gene (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1976), pp. 206–207.Google Scholar

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5 Goodwin, B., How The Leopard Changed Its Spots (London: Orion Books, 1994), pp. ix–x.Google Scholar