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Metaphysical animals, how four women brought philosophy back to life, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman

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Metaphysical animals, how four women brought philosophy back to life, Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-377) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Metaphysical animals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1289274891

Responsibility statement

Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman

Sub title

how four women brought philosophy back to life

Summary

"A vibrant portrait of four college friends-Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Mary Midgley-who formed a new philosophical tradition while Oxford's men were away at war"--, Provided by publisherFour college friends-- Iris Murdoch, Philippa Foot, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Mary Midgley-- came of age during years of tumultuous events: Nazism, the Holocaust, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The philosophy of the day struck them as inadequate for this new human reality of limitless depravity and destructive power. With most male undergraduates conscripted, the women shared ideas and created a philosophical revolution to counter the darkness of their times. --, Adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Mr Truman's degree, Oxford, May 1956 -- On probation, Oxford, October 1938-September 1939 -- Learning in wartime, Oxford, September 1939-June 1942 -- Disorder and hardship, Cambridge & London, June 1942-August 1945 -- Park Town, Oxford, Brussels, Graz, Cambridge & Chiswick, September 1945-August 1947 -- A joint 'No!', Oxford & Cambridge, October 1947-July 1948 -- Back to life, Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin & Vienna, October 1948-January 1951 -- Metaphysical animals, Newcastle & Oxford, May 1950-February 1955 -- Epilogue: Mr Truman's degree, again, Oxford, May 1956 -- Afterwards

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