Women In Parenthesis Podcast Series 6: Mapping the Quartet Oxford Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour
Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, and Philippa Foot are four of the twentieth...
Read Moreby Rachel Bollen | Sep 6, 2022 | News | 0
Elizabeth Anscombe, Mary Midgley, Iris Murdoch, and Philippa Foot are four of the twentieth...
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Mar 24, 2019 | Audio & video | 0
Clare was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Depicting Human...
Read Moreby Samuel Cooper | Jul 14, 2017 | Writing | 0
Sam Cooper discusses the content of a letter sent by Anscombe to Foot, discussing Aquinas’ views on charity and justice. This post concerns the ‘practical problem’.
Read Moreby Samuel Cooper | Jul 14, 2017 | Writing | 0
Sam Cooper discusses the content of a letter sent by Anscombe to Foot, discussing Aquinas’ views on charity and justice. This post concerns the ‘abstract problem’.
Read Moreby Samuel Cooper | Jul 14, 2017 | Writing | 0
Both Foot and Anscombe talk about Aquinas quite often, and both of them seem to take it for granted that Aquinas’ thought can be elucidated by thinking about it from directions provided by Wittgenstein; not just that Aquinas can be corrected or improved by the addition of a Wittgensteinian perspective, but rather that what Aquinas himself actually thought can be elucidated by looking at his work from such an angle. Both of them do this quite often, sometimes implicitly and sometimes explicit, but almost always very casually, as if it is quite obvious that this is how it should be. But in what sense in Aquinas Wittgensteinian?!
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Text | 0
In May 1983, Philippa Foot was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was sent a rather grand certificate informing her of the honor. As you may notice, the certificate is addressed:...
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 | Sep 9, 2016 | News | 0
We have our third In Parenthesis reading group on September 30th. With a little help from Cora Diamond we’ve selected three great pieces by Philippa Foot. See here for details. #inparenthesisRG
Read Moreby Rachael Wiseman | Aug 17, 2016 | Text | 0
In May 1983, Philippa Foot was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was sent a rather grand certificate (click to enlarge) informing her of the honor: As you may notice, the certificate is...
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