Why the world needs Iris Murdoch’s philosophy of ‘unselfing’
We were delighted to talk with Joe Humphreys at the Irish Times about Iris Murdoch’s...
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Topic: Culture
Clare at the Royal Institute of Philosophy
Clare was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Depicting Human...
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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...
Read MoreThe ‘practical problem’ of collective justice
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’.
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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 MorePhilippa Foot ‘Sir’ letter
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 MoreSilencing and Speaker Vulnerability: Undoing an oppressive form of (wilful) ignorance
by Pamela Sue Anderson Essay, Photo, Guidance Qs (t.b.w.) Pamela wrote this paper for our International Women’s Day Conference 2016 [link], Resounding Voices: Women, Silence and the Production of Knowledge. It is with her...
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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