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@ TELEGRAM: “ALL MORAL DOCTRINE, ALL PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE OUGHT TO LIVE, DEPEND ON SOME BELIEF ABOUT WHAT HUMAN NATURE IS LIKE.“ MARY MIDGLEY MARY BEATRICE MIDGLEY WAS A BRITISH PHILOSOPHER. A SENIOR LECTURER IN PHILOSOPHY AT NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, SHE WAS KNOWN FOR HER WORK ON SCIENCE, ETHICS AND ANIMAL RIGHTS. MIDGLEY STRONGLY OPPOSED REDUCTIONISM AND SCIENTISM, AND ARGUED AGAINST ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE SCIENCE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES. 00:00 MARY MIDGLEY 02:04 IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS / THE PURPOSE OF PHILOSOPHY 02:46 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION / THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 04:16 GAIA AND PHILOSOPHY 04:57 REDUCTIONISM AND MATERIALISM THIS VIDEO CONTAINS PHRASES / QUOTES BY MARY BEATRICE MIDGLEY. #marymidgley #innabesedina #historyandphilosophy #philosophy #knowledge #westernphilosophy #education #selfdevelopment #selfeducation #contemporaryphilosophy #analyticphilosophy #moralphilosophy #
