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Philosophical Plumbing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2010

Mary Midgley
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Is philosophy like plumbing? I have made this comparison a number of times when I have wanted to stress that philosophising is not just grand and elegant and difficult, but is also needed. It is not optional. The idea has caused mild surprise, and has sometimes been thought rather undignified. The question of dignity is a very interesting one, and I shall come back to it at the end of this article. But first, I would like to work the comparison out a bit more fully.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 33 , September 1992 , pp. 139 - 151
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1992