Mary Midgley, Archive event in Durham
Join In Parenthesis and the Royal Institute of Philosophy on Saturday November 10th to celebrate the launch of the Midgley Archive at Durham University.
Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the world’s leading philosophers and her work continues to shape the way we think about human life and our relation to each other, to animals, and to nature. Join us for a short film and discussion about Mary’s work and her place in 20th Century intellectual history, followed by a chance to look at some of the archive‘s most significant pieces. Tea and coffee will be provided.
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Eventbrite – In Parenthesis with the Royal Institute of Philosophy presents Mary Midgley Archive Launch – Saturday, 10 November 2018 at Durham University Library, Durham, England. Find event and ticket information.
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For further information on the collection, see http://www. womeninparenthesis.co.uk/ about/visit-the-midgley–archive/
For enquiries, please contact rachael.wiseman@liverpool.ac. uk and clare.maccumhaill@dur.ac.uk
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Brian O’Connor, Talk, on ‘Autonomy as a Political Problem’, Tuesday 6th November 3pm, BSTC2.51
***UPDATE: a recording of the talk and the discussion afterwards is available here. (N.b. it starts rather quietly, but as soon as the discussion starts, the volume is much louder).
Help needed
When I was doing the student inductions, I thought about looking for an app to help with referencing. I was lazy and went with the first one I found, MYLibrary (android) which allows you to scan barcodes of books and it then adds all the details required for your bibliography. This is useful and allows you to add comments on the texts. I am sure there are better ones out there.
For my own note taking I use Google Keep, and I write using their Docs so that I open Keep directly from within the word processor with a couple of bibliography add-ons. This means I can take pictures of quotations for later with my phone, add in thoughts when I am on the bus and so on. I know others use Evernote for the same reasons.
But I want to open this further. I am leaning Spanish by both private lessons and using the Duolingo app to reinforce vocabulary. I would really like to know if others have any specific apps they use which they find useful. Those directly to the learning of philosophy do, of course, interest me most.
I’d really appreciate if you would tell me which apps you use and which you find more useful, or what you would like to be able to do with your phones/tablets. Please just add in below. This is so we can build and share a list of useful tools to improve the learning environment. Bear in mind these apps are supposed to facilitate thinking (like a word processor does) rather than replace it.
You can either put in a comment below or just email me directly.
David
Film Screening
A film screening, a week on Friday, and other events in Philosophy: a poster for you to display where you see fit:
Newcastle Philosophy on Facebook
New Collection on Philosophy and Translation
A New Collection on Philosophy and Translation, from Routledge, including contributions from one of our own:
Mary Midgley
Philosophy (academic) Events
All students and staff and alumni welcome to these events, which may be added to as time goes on:
AUTUMN TERM:
Week 4 FILM SCREENING: Being in the World: Friday 1–2:25pm MERZ.L301
Week 6 Tuesday 6th November 2018, 3pm-5pm Brian O’Connor (University College Dublin), Autonomy as a Political Problem, BSTC.2.51
Week 11 FILM SCREENING: Vita Activa (on Hannah Arendt), Friday 1–2:55 pm in MERZ.L301 (possibly much shorter: I’ve yet to ascertain the film’s length)
SPRING TERM:
Thursday 31st January 2019, 4pm–5pm, BSTC.B.32 – FILM SCREENING: Bryan Magee interviews Herbert Marcuse, BSTC.B.32
And more film screenings, on Sartre, to follow in later weeks.
Which, is to be confirmed.
(If anyone can find a film on Tran Duc Thao, the Vietnamese-French philosopher we’re also covering on the Phenomenology course, with which these film screenings are loosely connected, there are cash prizes.)