Metaphysical animals : how four women brought philosophy back to life
/ Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman.
- xv, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
Murdoch, Iris--Friends and associates. Foot, Philippa--Friends and associates. Anscombe, G. E. M.--Friends and associates. Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018 --Friends and associates.