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, News | 0
This is a guest blog post by associate researcher, and Biscuit Tin philosopher, Mara-Daria...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Aug 4, 2020 | Writing, Student resources, News | 0
Amy is a summer 2020 student intern—this is a blog about her research, reading, and work. “Man is...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Jun 30, 2020 | Student resources, News | 0
As part of our Notes From a Biscuit Tin celebration of the life and work of Mary Midgley, we are...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Jun 30, 2020 | Writing, Student resources, News | 0
Amy is a summer 2020 student intern—this is a blog about her research, reading, and work. At the...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | May 30, 2019 | News | 0
We were so sad to lose Mary last year, just a month after her 99th birthday. We will mark what...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Mar 11, 2019 | News | 0
Dr Greg McElwain’s Mary Midgley: An Introduction is due for release on November 14. We...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Dec 7, 2018 | Talks & Writings, Audio & video, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful talks from distinguished guests....
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Nov 26, 2018 | Writing, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful talks from distinguished guests....
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Nov 24, 2018 | Writing, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful talks from distinguished guests....
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Nov 23, 2018 | Writing, News | 0
At the Midgley Archive Launch we heard a series of wonderful short talks from distinguished...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Nov 7, 2018 | News | 0
Durham University’s Palace Green Library has acquired the archive of the world-famous philosopher...
Read Moreby claremaccool | Oct 16, 2018 | Writing, News | 0
This piece was originally published at The Institute of Art and Ideas Mary Beatrice Midgley,...
Read Moreby claremaccool | Dec 21, 2017 | Writing | 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 | Jul 4, 2017 | Media | 0
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by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 21, 2017 | Audio & video | 0
Clare and Rachael delivered the 2017 Annual Women in the History of Philosophy lecture at...
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 | Audio & video, Writing | 0
Clare and Rachael gave this talk for the Sheffield ‘Women in the History of Philosophy’ lecture, 2017. Listen or read.
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 | Jun 3, 2017 | Lifelines | 0
We’ve done our best to make sure this lifeline is accurate and complete. Please let us know if you spot any errors or omissions. Mary Beatrice Midgley (1919-2018) 1919 (13 September) Born in London to Lesley and Tom...
Read Moreby claremaccool | Apr 20, 2017 | News | 1
We had our first discussion workshop on 18th March. Mary Midgley and members of the Midgley family...
Read Moreby claremaccool | Apr 20, 2017 | News | 0
Thanks to all who attended the In Parenthesis film night on 17th March, and especially to Mary...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Mar 7, 2017 | Audio & video, News | 0
Listen to Rachael Wiseman and Mary Midgley on The Philosopher’s Zone for Australian national...
Read Moreby claremaccool | May 4, 2016 | News | 0
We are meeting Mary Midgley on Monday next week to get further low-down on the Golden Age. Send us your questions! These can range from ‘Who taught you Kant?’, ‘What do you think about contemporary philosophy?’, ‘In ‘Beast and...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Mar 6, 2016 | News | 0
Our International Women’s Day conference is just 2 days away. We’re really excited. Over 90 people have registered to join us, so it should be a wonderful celebration of women’s voices. Just to remind you, we...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Jan 27, 2016 | News | 0
We are so excited to confirm that Mary Midgley will join us at our International Women’s Day conference. Midgley was part of an extraordinary group of women at Oxford University in the 1930s. The prominence of Midgley,...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Dec 7, 2015 | Media | 0
Clare, Luna, and I went along to interview Mary Midgley today at her home in Newcastle. We spent an incredible 90 minutes learning about life in Oxford during the 1930s and 40s, and hearing her thoughts on the contemporary lot...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Dec 3, 2015 | Media, News | 0
Mary Midgley has generously offered us her time on Monday, so we’re off to interview her about the Golden Age of female philosophy! We’ve got our own list of questions, but if there’s anything you think we...
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