Description
Recently there has been a surge of interest in the so-called ‘Somerville group’, or ‘quartet’—i.e. a group of philosophers including Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley and Philippa Foot. This conference aims to act as a platform for showcasing research about the Somerville philosophers, either as a group or as individuals in order to aid in the collective undertaking of surveying the state-of-the-art of current research and outline how to move forward. Topics might include, but are not limited to: the Somerville philosophers’ predecessors and contemporaries, their influence and legacy, their usage of historical, or genealogical, modes of argument and use of history, their contributions—either individually or as a group—to moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, and other sub-fields of philosophical inquiry, as well as interventions in the ongoing debate about the benefits and potential pitfalls involved in regarding the four as a group. We also welcome contributions pertaining to the Somerville philosophers by scholars from outside philosophy and the history of philosophy such as for example intellectual history, gender studies, and comparative literature.| Period | 2025 Jun 13 → 2025 Jun 15 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Lund, SwedenShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Free keywords
- Somerville Group
- Mary Midgley
- Philippa Foot
- G. E. M. Anscombe
- Iris Murdoch
- Metaphysics
- Ethics
- History of Analytic Philosophy
- Julius Kovesi
- Philosophy of Film
- Genealogical arguments
- Historical Philosophy
- David Hume
- animal studies
- Aristotle
- Wartime Quartet
- Feminism
- philosophy of agency
- Grounding
- Eudaimonism
- Perfectionism
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- The Somerville Group-influences, impact, and legacy Book of Abstracts 20250613
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Om distinktionen mellan kontinental och analytisk filosofi
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Attempts at reviving earlier thought
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Somervilleskolas filosofiska program
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Om litteratur och filosofi
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Martha Nussbaum
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The Somerville School and (the Re-Emergence of) Metaphysics
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Readings, reconstructions, and reception: Three case studies of Anglophone reception of Cartesian ethics
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The Somerville Group and the re-shaping of anglophone moral philosophy
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Socratic Provocation in Art
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Att skriva filosofihistoria
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Aristoteles: Första analytiken, övers., inl., kommentarer. Per-Erik Malmnäs
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Filosofi i Bysans och Renässansens Italien: Peter Adamson: Filosofi i Bysans och Renässansens Italien: En filosofihistoria utan luckor, övers., Jim Jakobsson (Stockholm: Bokförlaget Thales, 2023), 300 s. isbn 978-91-7235-138-7, inb.
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The Somerville Group and (the Re-emergence of) Metaphysics
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Perfection and Fiction: A study in Iris Murdoch's Moral Philosophy
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Polarisering
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Platonic Perfectionism in John Williams’ Stoner
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Activities
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Filosofihistoria i tvärvetenskapligt perspektiv
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The Somerville Group and (the Re-emergence of) Metaphysics
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”Genealogisk felsökning” – historiserande tankegångar hos Somervillegruppen
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Filosofihistoria i tvärvetenskapligt perspektiv
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Filosofers liv och tankar #44 - Philosophical Thought Experiments
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On the Somerville Group
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Troubleshooting Genealogies
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The Somerville School and (the Re-Emergence of) Metaphysics
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The Somerville Group
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Troubleshooting Genealogies
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The Somerville School and (the Re-emergence of) Metaphysics
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The Somerville Group
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Modern moralfilosofi, metafysik, och krigets fasor: Oxfordfilosofin och Somervilleskolan
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Historical Arguments in Iris Murdoch's Philosophical Writings
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Historical Arguments in Iris Murdoch’s Philosophical Writings
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