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...
Read MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | May 28, 2019 | Writing
We were delighted to talk with Joe Humphreys at the Irish Times about Iris Murdoch’s...
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Clare was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Depicting Human...
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Rachael was at the Royal Instite of Philosophy, presenting her paper ‘Anscombe on Brute...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Cooper | Jul 14, 2017 | Writing
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 MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Text
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 MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Text
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 MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Writing
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 MorePosted by Rachael Wiseman | Jun 19, 2017 | Text
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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