Of Beasts and Men: Reflections on Nature Writing Workshops
This is a guest blog post by associate researcher, and Biscuit Tin philosopher, Mara-Daria...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Sep 17, 2020 | Writing | 0
This is a guest blog post by associate researcher, and Biscuit Tin philosopher, Mara-Daria...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Mar 4, 2019 | News | 0
To celebrate the centenary of Murdoch An Post are issuing a beautiful commemorative stamp on 15th...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Mar 1, 2019 | Audio & video | 0
Rachael was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Anscombe on Brute...
Read Moreby Clare Mac Cumhaill | Oct 16, 2018 | Writing | 0
This piece was originally published at The Institute of Art and Ideas Mary Beatrice Midgley,...
Read Moreby Ellie Robson | Dec 21, 2017 | Writing, Student blog | 0
by Ellie Robson Mary Midgley’s concept of Philosophical Plumbing suggests a distinct approach to the study and subject-matter of moral philosophy. I will endorse this method of practise and its recollection of an aspect of...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Text | 0
Midgley wrote this essay in the mid-1950s for BBC radio. In her memoir The Owl of Minerva, she recalls:
“I wrote it because I had suddenly been struck by the fact that nearly all the famous philosophers whose lives we know about were lifelong bachelors…
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Text | 0
by Mary Midgley Mary Midgley Considers How What Is Called Philosophy Has Changed Since She And Her Friends First Plunged Into It Changes In World-Pictures. When we four people started studying Philosophy at Oxford in the early...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Feb 24, 2017 | News | 0
There’s just over a week to register for our International Women’s Day conference:...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Nov 11, 2016 | News | 0
We are really excited to announce the theme for our 2017 International Women’s Day Conference. Those of you who joined us last year will know what a wonderfully productive and inspiring celebration this day is. So, save...
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