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1. Mai 2024 · The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a fiercely brilliant Catholic convert; a daughter of privilege longing to escape her ...
1. Mai 2024 · In an impassioned defence of the importance of our own thoughts, feelings and experiences, the renowned philosopher Mary Midgley shows that there’s much more to our selves than a jumble of brain cells.
5. Mai 2024 · As philosopher Mary Midgley describes it, Plumbing and philosophy are both activities that arise because elaborate cultures like ours have, beneath their surface, a fairly complex system which is usually unnoticed, but which sometimes goes wrong.
8. Mai 2024 · British philosopher Mary Midgley has the best argument for treating nonhumans with equal rights. This is a very short review of the book.
29. Apr. 2024 · According to Midgley, the role of the philosopher is to ensure that the concepts that we use to make sense of the world, to articulate ideas and practices, allow our thinking to flow without problems. This is difficult because concepts, ‘like the pipes below our houses’, are usually concealed and they can be quite hard to repair ...
28. Apr. 2024 · "Midgley, Mary Beatrice" published on by Continuum. Mary Scrutton was born in London on 13 September 1919, the daughter of Tom Burton (a canon) and Evelyn We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website.
Vor 2 Tagen · But where else might this false God lead us? I once heard the Newcastle-based philosopher Mary Midgley, then in her nineties, argue that we should not want to live forever. If the doyens of Silicon Valley achieve their cryogenic fantasy, whatever emerges afterwards would not be what humans should take ourselves to be.
