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Mark Rowlands

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January 01, 1962 in Newport

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Mark Rowlands was born in Newport, Wales and began his undergraduate degree at Manchester University in engineering before changing to philosophy. He took his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University and has held various academic positions in philosophy in universities in Britain, Ireland and the US.

His best known work is the book The Philosopher and the Wolf about a decade of his life he spent living and travelling with a wolf. As The Guardian described it in its review, "it is perhaps best described as the autobiography of an idea, or rather a set of related ideas, about the relationship between human and non-human animals." Reviews were very positive, the Financial Times said it was "a remarkable portrait of the bond that can exist...more

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The Extermination of Wolves in the US, Part II

I am sure many of you are aware of the immense damage being done to wolf populations – and, therefore, of course, to individual flesh-and-blood wolves – in the Northern Rockies, particularly in the states of Idaho and Montana. This follows Obama administration’s delisting of wolves – that is, their removal from the endangered species list. The state governments of Montana, and especially Idaho,...

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Books by Mark Rowlands

Average rating: 3.92 · 454 ratings · 96 reviews · 18 distinct works

	The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness 3.97 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2009 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Philosopher at the End of the Universe: Philosophy Explained Through Science Fiction Films 3.87 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Everything I Know I Learned from TV: Philosophy for the Unrepentant Couch Potato 3.56 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Animals Like Us 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The New Science of the Mind: From Extended Mind to Embodied Phenomenology 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Externalism: Putting Mind and World Back Together Again 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fame 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	My rating:
	The Body in Mind: Understanding Cognitive Processes by Mark Rowlands, Frank Jackson (Editor), Gilbert Harman (Editor) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	De filosoof en de wolf: lessen over liefde, dood en geluk 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:

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“In the end, it is our defiance that redeems us. If wolves had a religion – if there was a religion of the wolf – that it is what it would tell us.”
― Mark Rowlands, The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness

tags: animal , defiance , heart , inspiring , learning , philosophy , redemption , wolf

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“What is best about our lives -the moments when we are, as we would put it, at our happiest- is both pleasant and deeply unpleasant. Happiness is not a feeling; it is a way of being. If we focus on the feelings, we will miss the point.”
― Mark Rowlands, The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness

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“Civilization is only possible for deeply unpleasant animals. It is only an ape that can be truly civilized.”
― Mark Rowlands, The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness

tags: animal , animals , inspiring , memoir , pet , philosophy , wolf

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