The Happiness of Dogs

Mark Rowlands

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If a dog could write a book of philosophy, what would it contain? If you have spent part of your life with a dog, you may find certain questions popping, unbidden, into your mind. Is my dog living a fulfilled life? Is my dog a good dog? Does my dog love me? This, however only scratches the surface of a canine philosophy. Drawing on his life lived with dogs (two German shepherds, the amiable Hugo and his dark twin Shadow; Brenin, a wolf hybrid, and Tess his wolf dog daughter; and Nina, a German shepherd/malamute mix), on the ideas of philosophers from Socrates to Hume and Sartre, and on the cutting edge psychology of canine cognition, philosopher Mark Rowlands explores the way dogs experience the world to bring us closer to an understanding of ourselves.


Author(s): Rowlands, Mark
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 31/07/2025
Pagination: 256 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Granta Books
Published By: Granta Books
Book Classification: |Dogs as pets|Dogs as pets|Philosophy of mind|Ethics & moral philosophy
Dimensions: 198 x 129
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ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781803510330

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