by Mark Rowlands · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432231865
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In 'The Philosopher and the Wolf,' Mark Rowlands narrates his life experience with a wolf named Brenin for over ten years. Through this coexistence, Rowlands shares how his perspective of the world and himself changed, learning valuable lessons about friendship, happiness, and justice. This book blends the wisdom of philosophers such as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Epicurus with the wolf's vision, offering a guide to being happier and better people. A moving story that invites us to reconnect with our most instinctive and wild essence.
Mark Rowlands is a Welsh writer and philosopher. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, and the author of several books on the philosophy of mind, the moral status of non-human animals, and cultural criticism. He is known within academic philosophy for his work on the animal mind and is one of the principal architects of the view known as vehicle externalism, or the extended mind, the view that thoughts, memories, desires and beliefs can be stored outside the brain and the skull. His works include Animal Rights (1998), The Body in Mind (1999), The Nature of Consciousness (2001), Animals Like Us (2002), and a personal memoir, The Philosopher and the Wolf (2008).
