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@peterwest23.bsky.social

History of Philosophy @ NU London. Current project: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy. https://sites.google.com/view/peterwest

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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!

17.10.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

That's great!!

14.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

13.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This just in

#philosophy

22.09.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science

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...

15.09.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science

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.

15.09.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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No blue plaque for Stebbingβ€Šβ€”β€Šsome 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…

Some thoughts on how women in philosophy are institutionally memorialised

medium.com/@peterhughwe...

#Philosophy #Philsky

08.09.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ...

Happy to have had ✨final acceptance ✨ at the Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) for the first paper on Susan Stebbing’s Ethics! πŸ˜ƒ

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

01.09.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Network Analysis and Simulations: Six Degrees of Francis Bacon

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

01.09.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

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

18.08.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

#philsky #philosophy

02.06.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 :Β Monica...

Upcoming workshop on Susan Stebbing and Mary Midgley: ianjameskidd.weebly.com/midgley-steb...

@philosophellie.bsky.social
Ian Kidd
Karl Egerton
Me

02.06.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

...and we're running a workshop on 20th Century Women Philosophers and Aristotelianism next week

maritain.nd.edu/events/2025/...

22.05.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

19.05.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

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....

09.05.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

love this Beth!

16.04.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Reaching the final weeks of editing a 10 chapter collected volume for Palgrave MacMillan - β€˜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

16.04.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope:
"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man.
You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?
And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.
I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by.
And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is β€” we're here on Earth to fart around
And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.
And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is β€” we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

10.04.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 19391    πŸ” 5459    πŸ’¬ 257    πŸ“Œ 418

I’m afraid I know nothing! But a quick google suggests she’s very interesting! @schuringa.bsky.social have you heard of Clarke?

20.03.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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?

Matyas Moravec on the profound influence of psychical research on 20th Century British philosophy: aeon.co/essays/when-...

14.03.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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.

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

11.03.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mazviita’s lecture is titled β€˜Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism’ and will no doubt be excellent

Register here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...

24.02.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our β€˜Mary Midgley Masterclass’ with the next generation of (women) in parenthesis students at Durham University πŸ”₯

@peterwest23.bsky.social

#philsky #philosophy

21.02.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can't wait @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social

19.02.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

19.02.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Midgley!

19.02.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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.

Really pleased to announce that the inaugural Annual Lecture in Culture and Technology at Northeastern University London will be delivered by Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh).

More info & register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...

@schoolofppls.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky

03.02.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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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

Mary Midgley and @philosophellie.bsky.social in Aeon!

aeon.co/essays/for-m...

@aeon.co
#philosophy #philsky

11.02.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Chirimuuta Wins Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize - Daily Nous Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh) has been named the winner of the 2024 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. She was awarded the Β£20,000 prize for her book, The Brain Abs...

Chirimuuta's The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience recently won a Royal Institute of Philosophy administered award for Transdisciplinary Philosophy dailynous.com/2024/11/08/c...

03.02.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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.

Really pleased to announce that the inaugural Annual Lecture in Culture and Technology at Northeastern University London will be delivered by Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh).

More info & register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-annual...

@schoolofppls.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky

03.02.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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