Peter West
@peterwest23.bsky.social
History of Philosophy @ NU London.
Current project: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy.
https://sites.google.com/view/peterwest
Current project: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy.
https://sites.google.com/view/peterwest
Aeon is featuring an article I wrote on Margaret Macdonald’s idea that a good philosophical theory is like a good story for #worldphilosophyday
Today is #WorldPhilosophyDay, and we’re re-sharing this essay from the archive which explores how, according to philosopher Margaret Macdonald, ‘philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations.’
Philosophical theories are like good stories: Margaret Macdonald | Aeon Essays
For Margaret Macdonald, philosophical theories are akin to stories, meant to enlarge certain aspects of human life
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November 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Aeon is featuring an article I wrote on Margaret Macdonald’s idea that a good philosophical theory is like a good story for #worldphilosophyday
Reposted by Peter West
Happy World #Philosophy Day!!
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November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy World #Philosophy Day!!
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It’s Bernard Mandeville week this week, inspired by @johnjocallanan.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s Bernard Mandeville week this week, inspired by @johnjocallanan.bsky.social
A paper of mine has been ‘rewritten‘ (presumably by AI) and ‘published’ on a bogus journal:
thechitranshacadmic.in/wp-content/u...
Needless to say that is not a real paper by me, even though it has my name and email on it. Has this happened to anyone else?
@dailynous.com
#philosophy #philsky
thechitranshacadmic.in/wp-content/u...
Needless to say that is not a real paper by me, even though it has my name and email on it. Has this happened to anyone else?
@dailynous.com
#philosophy #philsky
thechitranshacadmic.in
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A paper of mine has been ‘rewritten‘ (presumably by AI) and ‘published’ on a bogus journal:
thechitranshacadmic.in/wp-content/u...
Needless to say that is not a real paper by me, even though it has my name and email on it. Has this happened to anyone else?
@dailynous.com
#philosophy #philsky
thechitranshacadmic.in/wp-content/u...
Needless to say that is not a real paper by me, even though it has my name and email on it. Has this happened to anyone else?
@dailynous.com
#philosophy #philsky
Reposted by Peter West
Join us on Mon. Oct. 27 ~ 3pm ET / 7pm UK!
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science"
Why women were excluded from these disciplines?
What are the challenges of recovering their work?
What's so important about historical narratives centering on women?
#Philosophy
Register free:
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science"
Why women were excluded from these disciplines?
What are the challenges of recovering their work?
What's so important about historical narratives centering on women?
#Philosophy
Register free:
Select tickets – "On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science": Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock & Jennifer Park with P. West – Zoom
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science": Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock & Jennifer Park with P. West – Zoom, Mon 27 Oct 2025 - This event will focus on the historical marginalisati...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Join us on Mon. Oct. 27 ~ 3pm ET / 7pm UK!
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science"
Why women were excluded from these disciplines?
What are the challenges of recovering their work?
What's so important about historical narratives centering on women?
#Philosophy
Register free:
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science"
Why women were excluded from these disciplines?
What are the challenges of recovering their work?
What's so important about historical narratives centering on women?
#Philosophy
Register free:
This is happening on Monday!
Coming up: Mon. Oct. 27 ~ 3pm ET /7pm UK
"On the Marginalisation of Women in #Philosophy and #Science"
Join Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, & Jennifer Park in conversation with Peter West on how and why women were were excluded from these disciplines.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
"On the Marginalisation of Women in #Philosophy and #Science"
Join Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, & Jennifer Park in conversation with Peter West on how and why women were were excluded from these disciplines.
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Select tickets – "On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science": Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock & Jennifer Park with P. West – Zoom
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science": Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock & Jennifer Park with P. West – Zoom, Mon 27 Oct 2025 - This event will focus on the historical marginalisati...
www.tickettailor.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is happening on Monday!
Christoph and I will be discussing his book - and responses to it including Tim’s - at a book launch on October 28th in London, here at the @nulondonphilos.bsky.social campus!
I wrote something about analytic Philospphy, and Christoph Schuringa’s book for the Ideas Letter @stefanschubert.bsky.social @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/bloodl...
“Bloodless Pedantry” - The Ideas Letter
The academic study of philosophy tends to inspire contempt, from within and from without. Stephen Hawking’s pompous pronouncement in 2010 that “philosophy is dead” is just one version of a…
www.theideasletter.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Christoph and I will be discussing his book - and responses to it including Tim’s - at a book launch on October 28th in London, here at the @nulondonphilos.bsky.social campus!
Reposted by Peter West
When a student comes to show you what they are currently reading. Boom! #Impact @peterwest23.bsky.social @inparenthesis.bsky.social #womeninphilosophy #philsky #DorothyEmmet #WomenAtTheDawnOfAnalyticPhilosophy @uniwinchester.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
When a student comes to show you what they are currently reading. Boom! #Impact @peterwest23.bsky.social @inparenthesis.bsky.social #womeninphilosophy #philsky #DorothyEmmet #WomenAtTheDawnOfAnalyticPhilosophy @uniwinchester.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Reposted by Peter West
Looking forward to participating in this conversation about the role of women in science and philosophy, past and present, on October 27th with @cescapeacock.bsky.social and @jennmpark.bsky.social #womeninSTEM www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...
On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science
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September 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Looking forward to participating in this conversation about the role of women in science and philosophy, past and present, on October 27th with @cescapeacock.bsky.social and @jennmpark.bsky.social #womeninSTEM www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...
Sign up for an event I'm chairing with The Philosopher, On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science, here:
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...
Speakers include Dame Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, and Jennifer Park.
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...
Speakers include Dame Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, and Jennifer Park.
On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science
www.thephilosopher1923.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sign up for an event I'm chairing with The Philosopher, On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science, here:
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...
Speakers include Dame Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, and Jennifer Park.
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...
Speakers include Dame Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, and Jennifer Park.
Some thoughts on how women in philosophy are institutionally memorialised
medium.com/@peterhughwe...
#Philosophy #Philsky
medium.com/@peterhughwe...
#Philosophy #Philsky
No blue plaque for Stebbing — some thoughts on legacies and memorials
I recently had a proposal for a blue plaque for Susan Stebbing turned down. I suggested it should be placed on the house in Belsize Park…
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September 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Some thoughts on how women in philosophy are institutionally memorialised
medium.com/@peterhughwe...
#Philosophy #Philsky
medium.com/@peterhughwe...
#Philosophy #Philsky
Reposted by Peter West
Happy to have had ✨final acceptance ✨ at the Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) for the first paper on Susan Stebbing’s Ethics! 😃
Co-authored with @peterwest23.bsky.social
We worked so hard on this & I can’t wait to see Stebbing on the pages of JHP
philpapers.org/rec/ROBSSO-4
#philsky
Co-authored with @peterwest23.bsky.social
We worked so hard on this & I can’t wait to see Stebbing on the pages of JHP
philpapers.org/rec/ROBSSO-4
#philsky
Ellie Robson & Peter West, Susan Stebbing on Moral Philosophy and Ways of Living - PhilPapers
The aim of this paper is to provide an exposition of Susan Stebbing’s moral philosophy. Stebbing is increasingly recognized as a key figure in early analytic philosophy. However, there is no ...
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September 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy to have had ✨final acceptance ✨ at the Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) for the first paper on Susan Stebbing’s Ethics! 😃
Co-authored with @peterwest23.bsky.social
We worked so hard on this & I can’t wait to see Stebbing on the pages of JHP
philpapers.org/rec/ROBSSO-4
#philsky
Co-authored with @peterwest23.bsky.social
We worked so hard on this & I can’t wait to see Stebbing on the pages of JHP
philpapers.org/rec/ROBSSO-4
#philsky
The findings of my first foray into digital humanities are available here:
www.wwp.northeastern.edu/lab/sciences...
These visualisations represent the findings of analysis of Margaret Cavendish's intellectual network and connection to founding members of the Royal Society
#philosophy #philsky
www.wwp.northeastern.edu/lab/sciences...
These visualisations represent the findings of analysis of Margaret Cavendish's intellectual network and connection to founding members of the Royal Society
#philosophy #philsky
Network Analysis and Simulations: Six Degrees of Francis Bacon
www.wwp.northeastern.edu
September 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The findings of my first foray into digital humanities are available here:
www.wwp.northeastern.edu/lab/sciences...
These visualisations represent the findings of analysis of Margaret Cavendish's intellectual network and connection to founding members of the Royal Society
#philosophy #philsky
www.wwp.northeastern.edu/lab/sciences...
These visualisations represent the findings of analysis of Margaret Cavendish's intellectual network and connection to founding members of the Royal Society
#philosophy #philsky
Call for papers for a conference I'm hosting in London in May 2026 - Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy:
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#philosophy #philsky
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#philosophy #philsky
Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy
Call for Papers: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy
Dates: May 28-29th 2026
Location: Northeastern University London (Devon House, 58 St Katherine’s Way, London) Organiser: Pe...
philevents.org
August 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Call for papers for a conference I'm hosting in London in May 2026 - Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy:
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#philosophy #philsky
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#philosophy #philsky
Upcoming workshop on Susan Stebbing and Mary Midgley: ianjameskidd.weebly.com/midgley-steb...
@philosophellie.bsky.social
Ian Kidd
Karl Egerton
Me
@philosophellie.bsky.social
Ian Kidd
Karl Egerton
Me
Midgley, Stebbing, and the History of Philosophy
A workshop devoted to the work of Susan Stebbing (1885-1943) and Mary Midgley (1919-2018) and their place in and relation to the history of philosophy. When : 17th July 2025 Where : Monica...
ianjameskidd.weebly.com
June 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Upcoming workshop on Susan Stebbing and Mary Midgley: ianjameskidd.weebly.com/midgley-steb...
@philosophellie.bsky.social
Ian Kidd
Karl Egerton
Me
@philosophellie.bsky.social
Ian Kidd
Karl Egerton
Me
...and we're running a workshop on 20th Century Women Philosophers and Aristotelianism next week
maritain.nd.edu/events/2025/...
maritain.nd.edu/events/2025/...
May 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
...and we're running a workshop on 20th Century Women Philosophers and Aristotelianism next week
maritain.nd.edu/events/2025/...
maritain.nd.edu/events/2025/...
The view from the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame, where @philosophellie.bsky.social and I are spending the next few weeks as Summer Fellows at the History of Philosophy Forum
@notredame.bsky.social
@notredame.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The view from the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame, where @philosophellie.bsky.social and I are spending the next few weeks as Summer Fellows at the History of Philosophy Forum
@notredame.bsky.social
@notredame.bsky.social
My paper 'The philosopher versus the physicist: Eddington's rejoinder' has just been published with the BJHP (@thebshp.bsky.social):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The philosopher versus the physicist: Eddington’s rejoinder to Stebbing
A number of recent papers or monographs have examined Susan Stebbing's criticisms of Arthur Eddington's scientific-philosophical writing. These papers focus on Stebbing's critique of Eddington's at...
www.tandfonline.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My paper 'The philosopher versus the physicist: Eddington's rejoinder' has just been published with the BJHP (@thebshp.bsky.social):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Peter West
Reaching the final weeks of editing a 10 chapter collected volume for Palgrave MacMillan - ‘Midgley on Moral Philosophy and Ethics’ 🤯
Which means rereading 10 amazing chapters featuring Midgley on: wickedness, naturalism, Gaia, myopia, environments, the self
Authors below!
#philsky #philosophy
Which means rereading 10 amazing chapters featuring Midgley on: wickedness, naturalism, Gaia, myopia, environments, the self
Authors below!
#philsky #philosophy
April 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Reaching the final weeks of editing a 10 chapter collected volume for Palgrave MacMillan - ‘Midgley on Moral Philosophy and Ethics’ 🤯
Which means rereading 10 amazing chapters featuring Midgley on: wickedness, naturalism, Gaia, myopia, environments, the self
Authors below!
#philsky #philosophy
Which means rereading 10 amazing chapters featuring Midgley on: wickedness, naturalism, Gaia, myopia, environments, the self
Authors below!
#philsky #philosophy
Reposted by Peter West
Matyas Moravec on the profound influence of psychical research on 20th Century British philosophy: aeon.co/essays/when-...
When psychical research and analytic philosophy shared Cambridge | Aeon Essays
Cambridge, home of analytic philosophy, was also a hotbed of psychical research. How did this spooky subject take root?
aeon.co
March 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Matyas Moravec on the profound influence of psychical research on 20th Century British philosophy: aeon.co/essays/when-...
Our first Annual Lecture in Culture and Technology will take place on Friday, with our inaugural speaker Mazviita Chirimuuta speaking on 'Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism'.
Please sign up to attend on Friday:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
@nulondonphilos.bsky.social
Please sign up to attend on Friday:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
@nulondonphilos.bsky.social
The Annual Lectures in Culture and Technology
Explore philosophical topics at the intersection of humanities, natural and social sciences, technology and social discourse at NU London.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Our first Annual Lecture in Culture and Technology will take place on Friday, with our inaugural speaker Mazviita Chirimuuta speaking on 'Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism'.
Please sign up to attend on Friday:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
@nulondonphilos.bsky.social
Please sign up to attend on Friday:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
@nulondonphilos.bsky.social
Mazviita’s lecture is titled ‘Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism’ and will no doubt be excellent
Register here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
Register here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
February 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Mazviita’s lecture is titled ‘Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism’ and will no doubt be excellent
Register here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
Register here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...
Reposted by Peter West
Our ‘Mary Midgley Masterclass’ with the next generation of (women) in parenthesis students at Durham University 🔥
@peterwest23.bsky.social
#philsky #philosophy
@peterwest23.bsky.social
#philsky #philosophy
February 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our ‘Mary Midgley Masterclass’ with the next generation of (women) in parenthesis students at Durham University 🔥
@peterwest23.bsky.social
#philsky #philosophy
@peterwest23.bsky.social
#philsky #philosophy