Mary Midgley, public philosophy and plumbing

05/04/2024 28 min
Mary Midgley, public philosophy and plumbing

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British thinker Mary Midgley (1919-2018) believed that philosophy should be a public undertaking, concerned with issues that have their genesis out in the world rather than within the academy. But what is the proper relationship between public and academic philosophy? And why are we talking about plumbing this week?