As The Philosophers’ Magazine goes to press, we’re sad to learn of the death of Mary Midgley. She celebrated her 99th birthday in September and seemed to be on something of a roll. The Midgley Archive will be opened this year. She was part of a remarkable generation of women who were friends at Oxford […]
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Autumn 2018 News
Charlotte Knowles on philosophers taking a political stand.
Do Our Brains Make Us Utilitarians?
Ophelia Deroy and Marwa El Zein on what neuroscience can tell us how our brains compare pleasures.
Sustaining Our Planet and Ourselves
John L. Culliney and David Jones seek a new focus on ancient models of universal cooperation.
Transcendence and Neuroscience
Sarah Lane Ritchie asks, does a scientific explanation for the felt experience of spiritual realities explain them away?
The Skeptic: Tennis Anyone?
Wendy M. Grossman on what all the racket is about.