Introducing Mary Midgley and what is philosophy for

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During the Second World War, the remarkable philosopher Mary Midgley graduated from Oxford University alongside distinguished contemporaries Elizabeth Anscombe, Phillipa Foot and Iris Murdoch – a period described as ‘The Golden Age of Female Philosophy’. • In this Shelfies video, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman celebrate Mary Midgley’s intellectual legacy and highlight two books that can help us to navigate new and difficult topics, stressing the value of collaborative philosophical reasoning and thinking. • The featured books are: • 'What is Philosophy for?' by Mary Midgley: • https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/what-is... • 'The Owl of Minerva: A Memoir' by Mary Midgley: • https://www.routledge.com/Owl-of-Mine... • Dr Clare Mac Cumhaill is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Durham University. She received a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award for her project ‘Mapping the Quartet: The Living Legacy of a Female Philosophical School’. Dr Rachael Wiseman is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. Together, they received a BA / Leverhulme Small Research Grant for their project ‘In Parenthesis’ (Twitter: @parenthesis_in #notesfromabiscuittin) • Worksheets and activities on Mary Midgley's philosophy for children and teenagers (ages 6+), with accompanying notes for teachers and educators, are available at: https://www.notesfromabiscuittin.com/... • Shelfies: the brightest minds across the humanities and social sciences discuss the books on their shelves that have inspired them. • • Shelfies is a new series of short videos from researchers who have received funding from the British Academy, in which they discuss the books that inspired them or their work and helped them to share their ideas with the public. • Subtitles, also known as closed captions, are available on our YouTube videos. You can access them by clicking on the 'CC' button or gear icon on the video. The 'CC' button and gear icon are usually located at the bottom of videos. • Find out more about the British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/ • For future events, visit our website: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/e... • Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk... • • Image: Front cover of 'What is Philosophy for' by Mary Midgley (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018) © Irene Martinez-Costa / Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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