Of Beasts and Men: Reflections on Nature Writing Workshops
This is a guest blog post by associate researcher, and Biscuit Tin philosopher, Mara-Daria...
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Human Nature
Philosophy by Postcard! Celebrate Murdoch’s centenary with us!
To celebrate the centenary of Murdoch An Post are issuing a beautiful commemorative stamp on 15th...
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Rachael at the Royal Institute of Philosophy
Rachael was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Anscombe on Brute...
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Mary Beatrice Midgley (1919-2018)
This piece was originally published at The Institute of Art and Ideas Mary Beatrice Midgley,...
Read MoreWHAT IS PHILOSOPHICAL PLUMBING: ‘Is philosophy like plumbing?’
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...
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‘Rings and Books’ by Mary Midgley
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 MoreThen and Now
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...
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International Women’s Day is a week on Wednesday! Register for our conference
There’s just over a week to register for our International Women’s Day conference:...
Read MoreIWD 2017: Unsettling the Myths we Live By: Feminist Perspectives on Human Nature, Culture and Freedom
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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