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Pets, People, and Pragmatism.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American Philosophy SeriesPublisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780823251162
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pets, People, and PragmatismLOC classification:
  • B105.A55 -- M38 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem with Pets -- 1. Understanding Domestication and Various Philosophical Views: The Legacy with Which We Live -- 2. Horses: Respecting Power and Personality -- 3. American Pragmatism: The Continuity of Critters -- 4. Dogs: Respecting Perception and Personality -- 5. Cats: Respecting Playfulness and Personality -- Conclusion: Making Things Better -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: This book examines human relationships with pets without assuming that such relations are either unnatural and to be avoided, or benign. We need to find ways to relate respectfully. For respectful relationships to be a real possibility, though, humans must make the effort to understand the beings with whom they live, work, and play.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problem with Pets -- 1. Understanding Domestication and Various Philosophical Views: The Legacy with Which We Live -- 2. Horses: Respecting Power and Personality -- 3. American Pragmatism: The Continuity of Critters -- 4. Dogs: Respecting Perception and Personality -- 5. Cats: Respecting Playfulness and Personality -- Conclusion: Making Things Better -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

This book examines human relationships with pets without assuming that such relations are either unnatural and to be avoided, or benign. We need to find ways to relate respectfully. For respectful relationships to be a real possibility, though, humans must make the effort to understand the beings with whom they live, work, and play.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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