Biography
Professor McCabe was educated at Oxford High School for Girls and Newnham College Cambridge. From 1981-1990 she was Fellow in Classics at New Hall, University of Cambridge; she moved to King's College London in October 1990. She has spent some extended periods in the USA: at Harvard, at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington DC, and at Princeton. From 2005-2008 she was a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellow. In 2009 she was elected President of the British Philosophical Association. She is the general editor of the Cambridge University Press series Studies in the Dialogues of Plato.
Research interests and PhD supervision
- Ancient philosophy, particularly Plato, pre-Socratics, Socrates and Aristotle
- Ethics
- Philosophy of medicine
An ardent subscriber to the view that much of later philosophy is -- or should be -- a conversation with Plato, Professor McCabe writes not only on Plato (e.g. Plato on Punishment, California, 1981; Plato's Individuals, Princeton, 1994; Plato and his Predecessors: The Dramatisation of Reason, Cambridge, 2000), but also on Aristotle and on the Stoics, as well as on Plato's predecessors, the pre-Socratics and Socrates. Aside from her interests in Ancient philosophy, Professor McCabe is also an active participant in and organiser of the Department's Concepts of Health seminar series.
Professor McCabe welcomes enquiries from prospective students, seeking supervision on areas connected with her research interests.
For more details, please see her full research profile.
Expertise and public engagement
Professor MM McCabe was the Department's Outreach and Engagement officer in 2013-14, and - together with Professor Bill Brewer - was actively involved in building links with schools and other interested parties.
Podcasts
Professor McCabe has twice been featured on podcasts from Philosophy Bites:
She has also participated as an interviewee in Professor Peter Adamson'spodcast 'The History of Philosophy... without any gaps'.
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McCabe, M. M., 2013, In: REVUE DE METAPHYSIQUE ET DE MORALE. 80, 4, p. 491-505 15 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3917/rmm.134.0491
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McCabe, M. M., 2013, Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy. Harte, V. & Lane, M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 251-274 24 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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McCabe, M. M., 2013, (Accepted/In press) Festschrift for Christopher Rowe. Boys-Stones, G., Gill, C. & el Murr, D. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Wagner, S. J., Kingma, E. & McCabe, M. M., Oct 2012, In: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 18, 5, p. 1072-1078 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01920.x
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Kingma, E. & McCabe, M. M., Oct 2012, In: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 18, 5, p. 1057-1063 7 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2012.01917.x
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McCabe, M. M., 2012, Philosophy Bites Back. Edmonds, D. & Warburton, N. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1-9 9 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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McCabe, M. M., 2012, The Eudemian Ethics on the voluntary, friendship and luck: The Sixth S.V. Keeling Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy. Leigh, F. (ed.). Brill, p. 43-75 33 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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McCabe, M. M., 2011, Philosophy, Ethics and a Common Humanity . Cordner, C. (ed.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 161-180 20 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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McCabe, M. M., 2010, Plato's Philebus: Selected Papers from the Eighth Symposium Platonicum. Dillon, J. & Brisson, L. (eds.). 1 ed. Sankt Augustin: Academia Verlag, Vol. N/A. p. 194-203 10 p. (International Plato Studies; vol. 26). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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McCabe, M. M., 2010, Aristotle and the Stoics Reading Plato. Harte, V., McCabe, M. M., Sharples, R. W. & A. S. (eds.). London: Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, p. 73-101 29 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter