iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 14h

Glad to share a 20% discount on Mary Midgley on What Matters with the code "GLR BD8"! Due out in print on December 10 and as an eBook on November 12. The code should work on all formats on the Bloomsbury website: www.bloomsbury.com/us/mary-midg... #marymidgley

121

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes, I do think that’s more common now. And I meant emotional rather than emotive - a better word for it!

110

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I’d have to think about that one! Probably her relational and emotive approach to animal ethics. It’s compelling but was also ahead of its time.

140

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I believe the earliest availability I know of is the ebook on Nov 12!

111

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thank you! I have a little bit on the origin story in the book, but I first encountered Midgley’s work over 20 years ago in grad school. I appreciated how integrative and sensible it was on the topics that I was interested in - human nature, morality, animals, nature, science, etc. And enjoyable!

100

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hi, Amy! I believe the ebook version actually comes out Nov 12 and the print version on Dec 10. I think that’s the case internationally, though I’m sure things could always change slightly!

220

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Yes, very interesting, and some overlaps with some conversations I had with Midgley. Thank you for sharing this well-written piece!

110

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The book also presents my journey with Midgley and the philosophical companionship that developed along the way. I am grateful for that journey, and glad to be able to share some of that experience with readers in this book. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to talk more about it!

070

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Mary Midgley on What Matters offers a conversational exploration of Midgley’s life and philosophy. It is a unique book based on our yearly interviews from 2011–18, and a great opportunity to read about Midgley’s thoughts, reminiscences, and concerns in her final years.

181

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I’m excited to share that my new book on Mary Midgley is available to preorder! It’s due out December 10: www.bloomsbury.com/us/mary-midg... #marymidgley #philsky @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

78031

Reposted by Greg McElwain

(women) In Parenthesis @inparenthesis.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Do you have a work in progress you want to share with our network? The CALL FOR ABSTRACTS to our 2026/7 Online Seminar Series is now open. We welcome abstracts on topics within the Women in Parenthesis scope of interest. For more information, see our website: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

032

Reposted by Greg McElwain

(women) In Parenthesis @inparenthesis.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A CfA for the 2nd Predoctoral Conference on the quartet in Manchester in June: deadline 20 February. For more information about how to submit and attend please see our website: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

womeninparenthesis.co.uk

News | In Parenthesis

066

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A @inparenthesis.bsky.social update: Proud to be helping to organise this Symposium that builds on @domlash.bsky.social agenda setting work here. CfA The Quartet-in-Film Symposium: Vice & Violence Winchester in June @uniwinchester.bsky.social www.winchester.ac.uk/research/Our... #filmsky #philsky

winchester.ac.uk

Culture-Media-Text Research Centre - University of Winchester

Find out more about the Culture-Media-Text Research Centre at the University of Winchester.

198

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Mary Midgley saw philosophy as mapping relationships between fields. Though she never fully critiqued economics, Nat Dyer argues her ideas on myths, reductionism & ecology offer a powerful challenge to today’s economic orthodoxy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYNCodkhbrk

021

Reposted by Greg McElwain

PAN Works @panworks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Please enjoy this piece originally posted by PAN Works Fellow and Virtual Writer in Residence, Mara-Daria Cojocaru, PD Dr. phil., in which she discusses humans and wolves with Professor Greg McElwain. #animals #ethics #wellbeing #compassion #conservation #empathy #communities #intrinsicvalue

medium.com

“This may ultimately make things messier, rather than tidier, on the ground”

Interview with Greg McElwain, Team USA for “Philosophy in the Wild”

032

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Dr Grace Lockrobin @gracelockrobin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We were pleased to welcome as one of our key note speakers @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social who spoke about the work of the philosopher Mary Midgley. #ThoughtfulConference2025 #PhilosophyMatters #WorldPhilosophyDay

0104

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I'm doing an online webniar tomorrow at 3pm (UK) with the wonderful @inparenthesis.bsky.social team on 'Mary Midgley among the economists' Looking forward to joining the dots between one of our best recent philosophers and the critique of mainstream economics More info & zoom link below 👇

142

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Ellie Robson @philosophellie.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Mary Midgley and Jane Goodall in 1989. Goodall's influence is clear throughout Midgley's work and central to her claim that philosophy needs ethology

18410

Reposted by Greg McElwain

(women) In Parenthesis @inparenthesis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We're excited to announce our new Online Seminar Series for the 2025-6 academic year!! We have 5 fantastic talks coming up. For titles and abstracts see our website - and get the dates in your diary! www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/ #philsky #philosophy

womeninparenthesis.co.uk

News | In Parenthesis

0143

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

One is the brilliant #EllieRobson @philosophellie.bsky.social on #MaryMidgley and #Animals! Not to be missed and again, what an incredible resource and gift #PhilosophyBites is #philosophy #philsky @inparenthesis.bsky.social #Midgley

0165

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

A good religion/science question since some historical traditions did see the universe as much more limited in scope/structure (e.g. the firmament).

000

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

"I suppose in a very admirable and harmless way, I take science to have a religious aspect. That is, it involves people responding to the vastness of the universe." -Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley: An Introduction #marymidgley #philsky

140

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

"We rejoice in the whole of nature and being part of it, as something to which we belong." -Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley: An Introduction #marymidgley #philsky

093

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Back at the very special #dewisacre for more #philosophyinthewild ‘finding hope in mixed communities’ & this time - with the adults! It means the world to us that the adults relished this event, fell in love with the wisdom of #MaryMidgley & that Ned the cat was so happy & involved too 1/3

182

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

"Central to thinking about animals is the idea of community: a genuine unity of beings which are important to each other." -Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley: An Introduction #marymidgley #philsky

071

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

"How to think involves how to live." -Mary Midgley, Mary Midgley: An Introduction #marymidgley #philsky

081

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

"The world in which the kestrel moves, the world that it sees, is, and always will be, entirely beyond us. That there are such worlds all around us is an essential feature of our world." -Mary Midgley, Beast and Man #marymidgley #philsky

043

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Indeed! And I'm especially attached to that edition because it's a copy that Midgley gave me in 2012. Had an extra copy laying around!

110

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

“Hubris calls for nemesis, and in one form or another it's going to get it, not as a punishment from outside but as the completion of a pattern already started.” -Mary Midgley, The Myths We Live By #marymidgley #philsky

1111

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"The trouble with human beings ([Butler] said) is not really that they love themselves too much; they ought to love themselves more. The trouble is simply that they don’t love others enough." -Mary Midgley, Utopias, Dolphins, and Computers #marymidgley #philsky

173

Reposted by Greg McElwain

Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The philosopher Mary Midgley undergirds a lot of my thinking (even about economics) I just reread this piece I wrote about her in 2020 and it still holds up pretty well philosophynow.org/issues/140/M...

philosophynow.org

Mary Midgley (1919-2018) | Issue 140 | Philosophy Now

Nat Dyer looks at the humanity of a philosopher who tried to make philosophy more human.

011

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

"Great philosophers, then, need a combination of gifts that is rare. They must be lawyers as well as poets. They must have both the new vision that points the way we are to go and the logical doggedness that sorts out just what is, and what is not, involved in going there." -Mary Midgley, UDC

0104

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Thanks, Amy - writing it has been very enjoyable!

010

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Thanks, Joseph! She's an important thinker.

010

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

😄 Good point, being slammed around all the time. Less obvious than dolls in packages. I suppose it's because of the confined, limited existence?

100

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

"Our need for each other – our need for all the normal intercourse of human life – is not a weakness but a strength...Of course our dependencies are dangerous, but who wants to live safely like a billiard ball or a doll that never leaves its package?" -Mary Midgley, The Solitary Self #philsky

1131

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Specific grievances wear out; the unchangingness of group hostilities marks them as fraudulent. They are not responses to real external dangers, but fantasies. We erect a glass at the border of our own group, and see our own anger reflected against the darkness behind it. -Mary Midgley, Wickedness

063

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

"We did not expect the earth to be vulnerable, capable of health or sickness, wholeness or injury. But it turns out that we were wrong: the earth is now unmistakably sick." -Mary Midgley, Science and Poetry #marymidgley #philsky #environment

012

Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

"It is not true, as has often been suggested, that we cannot be interested in anything unlike ourselves. Both poetry and science show us as being interested in all manner of unlike things." -Mary Midgley, Animals and Why They Matter #marymidgley #philsky

0205