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Cover 1 The Meaning of Travel 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 6 CONTENTS 8 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 10 TRAVELLING WELL: Top 10 Vintage Tips 12 1: WHY DO PHILOSOPHERS CARE ABOUT TRAVEL? 18 2: WHAT ARE MAPS?: Brian Harley on Cartographic Deception 30 3: FRANCIS BACON ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND FROZEN CHICKEN 45 4: INNATE IDEAS INDESCARTES, LOCKE, AND CANNIBALS 64 5: WHY DID TOURISM START?: Sex, Education, and the Grand Tour 85 6: TRAVEL WRITING, THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS, AND MARGARET CAVENDISH’S BLAZING WORLD 105 7: MOUNTAIN TRAVEL AND HENRY MORE’S PHILOSOPHY OF SPACE 128 8: EDMUND BURKE AND SUBLIME TOURISM 145 9: WILDERNESS PHILOSOPHY, HENRY THOREAU, AND CABIN PORN 159 10: IS TRAVEL A MALE CONCEPT? 180 11: THE ETHICS OF DOOM TOURISM 195 12: WILL SPACE TRAVEL SHOW THE EARTH IS INSIGNIFICANT? 206 RETURNING HOME: Top 10 Vintage Tips 218 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 222 NOTES 224 CHAPTER 1. WHY DO PHILOSOPHERS CAREABOUT TRAVEL? 224 CHAPTER 2. WHAT ARE MAPS? BRIAN HARLEY ON CARTOGRAPHIC DECEPTION 224 CHAPTER 3. FRANCIS BACON ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND FROZEN CHICKEN 226 CHAPTER 4. INNATE IDEAS IN DESCARTES, LOCKE, AND CANNIBALS 227 CHAPTER 5. WHY DID TOURISM START? SEX, EDUCATION, AND THE GRAND TOUR 22
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- Author
- Thomas Emily
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.2 / 5 (93 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14