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Mary Beatrice Midgley (née Scrutton; 13 September 1919 – 10 October 2018) was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University , she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights .
Mary Midgley. Mary Midgley (2002) Jon Edgar: Mary Midgley zwischen James Lovelock und Richard Mabey (2008) Mary Beatrice Midgley (geboren am 3. September 1919 als Mary Scrutton in London; gestorben am 10. Oktober 2018) war eine britische Philosophin .
12. Okt. 2018 · Mary Midgley, who has died aged 99, was an important writer on ethics, the relations of humans and animals, our tendency to misconstrue science, and the role of myth and poetry. From the...
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15. Okt. 2018 · Mary Midgley, a leading British moral philosopher who became an accessible, persistent and sometimes witty critic of the view that modern science should be the sole arbiter of reality, died on...
A tribute to the late Mary Midgley, a prolific and influential philosopher who challenged dogmas and simplifications in ethics, science, and human nature. Learn about her intellectual legacy, her friendship with other female philosophers, and her final book.
What was Midgley’s worldview? She saw the root of many of our modern social and psychological problems in an excessively individualistic vision: life seen as a competition between lonely, Lego-brick people. This social atomism was everywhere she looked: in economics and politics, in Descartes, Hobbes, and French existentialist philosophers ...
24. Feb. 2021 · A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Mary Midgley, a British philosopher who wrote on topics such as human nature, animals, ethics, and philosophy itself. Find introductions, essays, and collections of her books and articles.
