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Ellie Robson
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Teaching Fellow at University of Warwick (she/her) posting about Mary Midgley mostly 👸 ECR. https://ellierobson75.wixsite.com/ellierobson
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Feb 11
My @aeon.co article on Mary Midgley ‘So many unmarried men’ is out now - aeon.co/essays/for-m...

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For Mary Midgley, philosophy must be entangled in daily life | Aeon Essays
For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · 1d
Mary Midgley and Jane Goodall in 1989.

Goodall's influence is clear throughout Midgley's work and central to her claim that philosophy needs ethology
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Antonio S. Borge @asalgadoborge.bsky.social · 1d
An absolutely fantastic article by @axdouglas.bsky.social at @aeon.co .

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How to be yourself, when you have no self. Lessons from Zhuangzi | Aeon Essays
As Zhuangzi saw, there is no immutably true self. Instead our identity is as dynamic and alive as a butterfly in flight
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · 6d
So saddened by the death of Jane Goodall who described herself as “not a scientist but a naturalist”
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · 6d
Her Oxford Biography is here: doi.org/10.1093/ref:...
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · 6d
Hilda Oakeley was the (acting) Head of Department at King's College from 1925-30 and Head of Department in 1931. @kingsphilosophy.bsky.social

Read more about her in this 2015 blog written by Emily Thomas:
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Introducing British idealist Hilda Oakeley – a guest post by Emily Thomas
It is with great pleasure that I introduce our first guest post. Its author, Emily Thomas, is a postdoc at the University of Groningen where she currently holds a Netherlands Research Council (NWO)…
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Extending New Naratives @ennhistphil.bsky.social · 20d
U. Göttingen has launched Bildersturm, a major research project addressing the underrepresentation of women in philosophy. It aims to overturn traditional images of the discipline by highlighting women philosophers and establishing new role models for the future: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/670560.html
Verbundprojekt Bildersturm – Frauen in der Philosophie sichtbar machen und neue Vorbilder etablieren - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Amy Taggart @amytaggart.bsky.social · 22d
Looking forward to attending ‘Mary Midgley Amongst the Economists’ - the upcoming first seminar of @inparenthesis.bsky.social's 2025-6 series 👀
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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · 24d
One of the first philosophers to write about #climate change, Mary Midgley, was born on this date in 1919. For our episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore Midgley’s ideas about #animals and the Gaia hypothesis: youtu.be/yraIY5Uhb98

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Mary Midgley: Roving Philosophical Report
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · 29d
Sounds great Nat!!
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Sep 8
Super excited for this! The first talk ‘Midgley Amongst the Economists’ is on the 22 October by @natjdyer.bsky.social
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(women) In Parenthesis @inparenthesis.bsky.social · Sep 8
We're excited to announce our new Online Seminar Series for the 2025-6 academic year!! We have 5 fantastic talks coming up. For titles and abstracts see our website - and get the dates in your diary!

www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

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News | In Parenthesis
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Sep 1
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

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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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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Aug 31
At Elizabeth Anscombe’s house in Cambridge 👸

I recommend the Wartime Quartet tour of Oxford available here: open.spotify.com/show/1p37fcZ...

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Aug 16
Iris Murdoch on Love @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/for-i...
For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules | Aeon Essays
For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Aug 20
We’re hiring—one year post in Ethics—urgent—deadline this time next week www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/122985-...
Lecturer in Ethics Education (AEP)
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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · Aug 21
“As we get set to re-broadcast the start of our #WiseWomen series, head over to Philosophers Corner to read the blog about that first episode exploring the life and though of Hypatia of Alexandria” | @philtalkradio.bsky.social philosophytalk.org/blog/ancient... #Hypatia #philsky
Ancient Renaissance Woman - Philosophy Talk
In her time in the 4th century, Hypatia was one of the most famous philosophers in Alexandria, and indeed in the ancient world. She studied so many different things—mathematics, astronomy, philosophy—...
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Aug 21
This looks fantastic!
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Extending New Naratives @ennhistphil.bsky.social · Aug 21
Great event coming up in Germany: a full-day workshop as part of the GAP.12 Congress in Düsseldorf, with keynotes by Lisa Shapiro (McGill) and Frederique Janssen-Lauret (Manchester)

More info: gap12.de
Workshop poster containing the following text: MORE THAN PEN PALS INTEGRATING HISTORICAL WOMEN PHILOSOPHERS INTO SYSTEMATIC PHILOSOPHY TEACHING SATELLITE WORKSHOP AT GAP.12 CONGRESS SEPTEMBER 12, UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF HYBRID WORKSHOP | ONLINE ACCESS SEE BELOW How can we systematically integrate texts by historical women philosophers into university teaching? This question will be addressed in a full-day workshop as part of the GAP.12 Congress in Düsseldorf. The program includes: Presentation of information materials from the BMFTR joint project "Bildersturm. Making women in philosophy visible and establishing new role models" Presentation of a Reader with new translations of early modern women philosophers Presentation of a Special issue of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy on 'How To Teach Historical Women Philosophers'. Keynotes: Lisa Shapiro (McGill University) and Frederique Janssen-Lauret (University of Manchester) 3 images here: the first contains black and white pictures of three male philosophers, in the second, the three pictures are being shuffled and mixed with others, which are colourful, in the third image, there are faces of many philosophers, men and women, all colourful. INFO AND REGISTRATION FOR ONLINE ACCESS: WWW.UNI-GOETTINGEN/BILDERSTURM ALL CONFERENCE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND HERE: WWW.GAP12.DE The poster contains 4 logos at the bottom: BILDERSTURM - RUHR UNIVERSITÄT - UNIVERSITÄT BIELEFELD - Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt
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Peter West @peterwest23.bsky.social · Aug 18
Call for papers for a conference I'm hosting in London in May 2026 - Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy:

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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...
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Aug 17
Wonderful to be on this podcast and talking about Midgley on Animal Ethics!!! Thanks for having me Nigel 🤓
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Aug 17
Just released - two new episodes of the Philosophy Bites podcast - listen here (and soon on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.philosophybites etc) Philosophybites.libsyn.com
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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Aug 17
Just released - two new episodes of the Philosophy Bites podcast - listen here (and soon on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, www.philosophybites etc) Philosophybites.libsyn.com
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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · Aug 8
Are you planning a philosophy conference in the UK? The deadline for our next round of conference is 1 September 2025, you can apply for up to £500. More info below!

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Conference Grants – The Aristotelian Society
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Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · Jul 9
Excited for this!
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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Jul 9
EVENT!

Midgley, Stebbing, and the History of Philosophy

17 July 2025
@UoNHumanities

Details: ianjameskidd.weebly.com/midgley-steb...

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#philosophy #history #stebbing #midgley
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Alexander Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social · May 19
Advance copies arrived 😃😬
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(women) In Parenthesis @inparenthesis.bsky.social · Jun 16
Just back from beautiful laid-back Lund. What a smorgasbord of brilliant work on Quartet(+) figures @lunduniversity.bsky.social, incl from MtQ's @philosophellie.bsky.social @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social
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Philosophy Talk @philtalkradio.bsky.social · Jun 11
This Sunday KALW will air the final episode in season 2 of our #WiseWomen series, exploring the moral #philosophy of Philippa Foot.

The series has been a remarkable two-year journey, from Hypatia of Alexandria in 4th-century Egypt to Foot and the "Oxford Quartet" of the mid-20th century. 1/
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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Jun 10
PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY!

Ian James Kidd argues there can be pessimism without despair and nihilism. Time to rethink pessimism!

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