PeterWest23Comparisons in the history of philosophyI have recently been reading Marcy Lascano’s The Metaphysics of Margaret Cavendish and Anne Conway (2023, OUP), which compares Cavendish…Jul 18, 2023Jul 18, 2023
PeterWest23Scholarly communities and grumpy reviewersI’m writing this in something like the spirit of Thomas Kuhn, in the sense that I’m thinking about human, real world factors that impact on…Mar 25, 2023Mar 25, 2023
PeterWest23The future and usI’ve just finished reading William MacAskill’s What We Owe the Future, in which MacAskill makes the case for ‘longtermism’. To be a…Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023
PeterWest23A Review of a Review of Books About the QuartetI enjoyed reading Jennifer Frey’s review of Metaphysical Animals (Mac Cumhaill & Wiseman) and The Women Are Up To Something (Lipscomb) —…Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
PeterWest23Should a PhD be more like a training contract?A recent article in the Guardian focused on a London-based Phd student and teaching assistant who, after falling foul of a rent-increase…Oct 30, 2021Oct 30, 2021
PeterWest23StatuesAmongst those on social media unimpressed by the decision of protestors in Bristol to pull down a statue of Edward Colston, a former slave…Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
PeterWest23Margaret Cavendish and Philip PullmanIf you search for ‘Philip Pullman Margaret Cavendish’ on google the number one hit will be a brief conversation that I had on twitter with…Jun 2, 2020Jun 2, 2020
PeterWest23The Outrun, Amy LiptrotThe Outrun is part-memoir, part-nature-writing, with a balance of perhaps 70/30 in favour of the former. Amy Liptrot documents her move…May 20, 2020May 20, 2020
PeterWest23Solar Bones, Mike McCormackI really love this book. This is my second time reading it. The first time around, which was perhaps two years ago, I felt I learned quite…May 17, 2020May 17, 2020
