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xv, 398 pages illustrations 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Iris Murdoch, Mary Midgley, Philippa Foot and Elizabeth Anscombe were philosophy students at Oxford during the Second World War when most male undergraduates (and many tutors) were conscripted. Taught by refugee scholars, women and conscientious objectors, the four friends developed a philosophy that could respond to the war's darkest revelations. How, they asked, do we find our way through the devastation of what we have created? Not even the great thinkers of the past or the logical innovators and Existentialists of the early twentieth century could make sense of this new human reality. So, in search of an answer, the four friends set out to bring philosophy back to life |
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"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 |
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Murdoch, Iris, 1919-1999
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Midgley, Mary, 1919-2018
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Foot, Philippa, 1920-2010
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Anscombe, G. E. M. (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret), 1919-2001
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University of Oxford
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1900-talet
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Filosofi
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Andra världskriget 1939-1945
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Kvinnliga filosofer -- historia
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Storbritannien -- England
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Biografier
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Classmark |
192
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Dbc-e.5
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Alt Auth |
Wiseman, Rachael
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781784743284 inbunden |
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