Dr. Andreas Vrahimis (University of Cyprus): Stebbing’s critique of Schiller’s pragmatism Whereas early criticisms of pragmatist theories of truth by analytic philosophers like Russell and G.E. Moore are well known, and helped shape the ongoing debates on this topic, L. Susan Stebbing’s significant contributions to the debate have hitherto largely been ignored. At the outset […]

Dr. Peter West (Northestern University, London): Dorothy Emmet’s Moral Philosophy Dorothy Emmet (1904-2000) was only the second woman in Britain to be a Professor of Philosophy, when she was appointed to the position at Manchester University in 1946. She succeeded Susan Stebbing and, like Stebbing, was the only woman in Britain to be a Professor of Philosophy […]