![]() Her new book is The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene. The Guardian described her as a fiercely combative philosopher and the UK's "foremost scourge of 'scientific pretension.'"Īmong moral philosophers Mary Midgley has a razor-sharp mind, and when she speaks I listen. She also wrote in favour of a moral interpretation of the Gaia hypothesis. A number of her books and articles discussed philosophical ideas appearing in popular science, including those of Richard Dawkins. She wrote extensively about what philosophers can learn from nature, particularly from animals. ![]() Midgley strongly opposed reductionism and scientism, and any attempts to make science a substitute for the humanities-a role for which it is, she argued, wholly inadequate. ![]() Her autobiography, The Owl of Minerva, was published in 2005. She has been awarded honorary doctorates by Durham and Newcastle universities. She has since written over 15 other books, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992). She wrote her first book, Beast And Man (1978), when she was in her fifties. She was a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Newcastle University and was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. ![]() Mary Beatrice Midgley (née Scrutton 13 September 1919 – 10 October 2018) was a British philosopher. ![]()
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