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28Mary Midgley’s Beast and man: the roots of human nature(1978): a re-appraisalBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 1-10. forthcoming.In the words of Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley’s Beast and Man built “an urgently needed bridge between science and philosophy”.1 While science and philosophy have never been entirely remote, Murdoch w...
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19Metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to life Metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to life, by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman, London, Chatto & Windus, 2022, 416 pp., £25.00 (hb), ISBN: 9781784743284 (review)British Journal for the History of Philosophy 31 (6): 1294-1297. 2023.Timely and immersive, Metaphysical Animals tells the unlikely story of four young women philosophers. Mary Midgley (neé Scrutton), Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Philippa Foot (neé Bosanquet...
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13Metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to lifeBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy 31 (6): 1294-1297. 2023.Timely and immersive, Metaphysical Animals tells the unlikely story of four young women philosophers. Mary Midgley (neé Scrutton), Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Philippa Foot (neé Bosanquet...
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Mary MidgleyIn Rebecca Buxton & Lisa Whiting (eds.), The Philosopher Queens: The Lives and Legacies of Philosophy's Unsung Women, Unbound. pp. 113-120. 2020.
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Areas of Specialization
Naturalism |
20th Century Analytic Philosophy |
Meta-Ethics |
Philippa Foot |
Areas of Interest
Women in Philosophy |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Metaphilosophical Views |