Authors

Author: "Mary Midgley"

Zombies Can’t Concentrate

Mary Midgley explains why she doesn’t believe in zombies.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Articles]

Pluralism: The Many Maps Model

Mary Midgley says that branches of knowledge are like maps – each answers a different set of questions so they can’t necessarily all be ‘reduced’ to physics.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002: Heresy]

Heaven and Earth: An Awkward History

Mary Midgley on our changing views of our own planet, and the story they tell about the changing nature of rationality.
[Issue 34: December 2001 / January 2002: Articles]

The Origins of Don Giovanni

If our genes are selfish, does that mean that we are too? Mary Midgley explains the facts of life.
[Issue 25: Winter 1999/2000: Articles]