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Author:

Mac Cumhaill, Clare, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Chatto & Windus,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xv, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Women philosophers--England.
Murdoch, Iris--Friends and associates.
Foot, Philippa--Friends and associates.
Anscombe, G. E. M.--(Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret)--Friends and associates.
Midgley, Mary,--1919-2018--Friends and associates.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Wiseman, Rachael, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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 publisher.

ISBN:

1784743291
9781784743291
0385545703
9780385545709

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1289274891

LCCN:

2021056235

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

OCPA943 -- Clare Public Library (Clare)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)