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I loved this honest gentle conversation with two dear friends

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Lovely to be at LadyMargaretHall @ox.ac.uk this evening to talk to their wonderful students about remapping the landscape of moralphilosophy & bioethics. We looked at the work of the Quartet, with a focus on #PhilippaFoot #MaryMidgley & of course LMH alumni #MaryWarnock @inparenthesis.bsky.social

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Sent on behalf of @peterworley.bsky.social who is now here on @bsky.app ‘I am going to be setting up a few weekly, online sessions for children to do philosophy sessions with me. If you have a child aged between 8 & 11 who you think could benefit/would enjoy having a space to think and have fun1/3

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Coming up on March 11: Conversations on AI: What does Responsible Education Look Like on the Age of AI? Register for the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conversati...

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The Annual Lecture in Culture and Technology with Mazviita Chirimuuta is coming up on March 14. Her latest book, The Brain Abstracted explores the intersection of neuroscience and philosophy. Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...

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"A new Scottish tartan has been created to honor the thousands of people—primarily women—executed for witchcraft in Scotland between the 16th and 18th centuries.” wildhunt.org/2025/02/newl... #folkloresunday

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Hot off the press! The fully updated new paperback edition of one of my first books, THE LITTLE BOOK OF WELSH LANDMARKS, is out... now! #wales

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The life force & change maker that is #NicolaDavies has joined ‘Team Pembs’ & the Welsh leg of #NotesFromABiscuitTin & our #PhilosophyInTheWild project - finding hope in mixed communities. The project brings together #philosophers, #animalstudies scholars #writers #poets & #artists, & Nicola is 1/3

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A philosopher and a museum team up to develop a new exhibition...

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Tom Beauchamp, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and a highly influential figure in biomedical ethics, has died.

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If you or anyone you know needs a boost to their creative, this is perfect! My Own Personal and Professional Nadir — Richard Holman #Creatives #CreativeRetreat #Wales www.richardholman.com/blog/2025/2/...

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The sun came out and it is a stunningly beautiful #Friday in #Solva #Pembrokeshire. Home now for #tea, #cake and more planning for #NotesFromABiscuitTin #PhilosophyInTheWild #Philosophy #Poetry #GingerSnaps #Philsky notesfromabiscuittin.com www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/philosophy-i...

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Our ‘Mary Midgley Masterclass’ with the next generation of (women) in parenthesis students at Durham University 🔥 @peterwest23.bsky.social #philsky #philosophy

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#philsky Wonderful @gsmcelwain.bsky.social is here on @bsky.app and he has a great question for #philsky

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Now clear in #Pembrokeshire, but it was pouring on my run this morning, so it became a coffee run! In fact it became a grab a #book in the second-handlibrary @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social & embrace a sit down trip to #Mamgu for hot drinks snacks & #readingforpleasure #booksky @weareerc.bsky.social

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Just 12 days left to submit your papers for the Spinoza and Simone Weil conference, please share far and wide!

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The BPA has launched a student essay competition for its #BritishPhilosophyFortnight #PhilosophyMatters campaign! Generously sponsored by #OCRExams #OCRRS #AQA Details: bpa.ac.uk/activities/phi… Deadline: 7/3/25. #philosophy #students #alevel #philsky @alevelphilosophy.bsky.social #TeamRE

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And so my Midgley journey begins... with thanks to @amytaggart.bsky.social for the intro and final nudge during @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social talk at the SWIP Ireland conference! Shout out to @maynoothuniversity.ie Bookshop who actually stocks some Midgley! #science #philosophy #academiclife

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SAVE THE DATE(S) Our very special #PhilosophyInTheWild project is spawning into several projects & workshops. The fabulous @eloisewilliams.bsky.social & I will lead a children’s workshop on Saturday 12th April at the HaverHub and I’ll be back at the HaverHub on Saturday 26th July with 1/2

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I'm going up to Durham this week to give a Midgley 'masterclass' with @philosophellie.bsky.social - we will be discussing Rings and Books, Philosophical Plumbing, and all the other Midgley content we can squeeze into an hour

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On behalf of APT (Association of Philosophy Teachers) On Monday March 10th 6-7pm we will be welcoming Dr Peter West from Northeastern University & Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh from the University of Winchester talking to the APT. @peterwest23.bsky.social #philsky #PhilosophyMatters #womeninphilosophy 1/3

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Join us for Lida Maxwell in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi to explore how love unsettled Rachel Carson's heteronormative ideas of bourgeois life, which set the scene for "Silent Spring." #PhilSky #PhilEvent #LGBTQIA+ #envhist Mon. Feb. 24 - 2pm ET / 7pm UK www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Thinking Critically about News Media. Bias, ownership, fake news. From Gaza & Ukraine to immigration. Oxford Uni 5th April. With Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Hardeep Matharu (editor Byline) Justin Schlosberg (& me) @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/thin...

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It’s reading week! So lovely to be back in Durham where I did my BA and MA 🌞 I’m in the Midgley Archives working on a new collection of previously unpublished articles by Midgley for Routledge!! #philsky #philosophy

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A stunning early run in #Pembrokeshire before Day2 of our #halfterm onlinecourse #ThinkLikeAScientist. From Occam’s razor to paradigmshifts, we ask: how do we truly know what we know? A joy to support but I’ve needed #coffee from #WestPointTrading @weareerc.bsky.social @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social

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Prof. Pauline Kleingeld's (University of Groningen) BSHP 2024 Antognazza lecture, "Republican Themes in Kant's Moral Theory", is now available to watch!👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpLg...

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📣 Registration is now open for the BSHP Annual Conference 2025: Animals and the Environment in the History of Philosophy 📍 Faculty of Classics, Cambridge ⏰ Thu 3 Apr 2025 1:00 PM - Sat 5 Apr 2025 4:30 PM www.tickettailor.com/events/briti... #philsky

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