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Description:Iris Murdoch was a notable philosopher before she was a notable novelist and her work was brave, brilliant, and independent. She made her name first for her challenges to Gilbert Ryle and behaviourism, and later for her book on Sartre (1953), but she had the greatest impact with her work in moral philosophy--and especially her book The Sovereignty of Good (1970). She turned expectantly from British linguistic philosophy to continental existentialism, but was dissatisfied there too; she devised a philosophy and a style of philosophy that were distinctively her own. Murdoch aimed to draw out the implications, for metaphysics and the conception of the world, of rejecting the standard dichotomy of language into the 'descriptive' and the 'emotive'. She aimed, in Wittgensteinian spirit, to describe the phenomena of moral thinking more accurately than the 'linguistic behaviourists' like R. M. Hare. This 'empiricist' task could be acheived, Murdoch thought, only with help from the idealist tradition of Kant, Hegel, and Bradley. And she combined with this a moral psychology, or theory of motivation, that went back to Plato, but was influenced by Freud and Simone Weil. Murdoch's impact can be seen in the moral philosophy of John McDowell and, in different ways, in Richard Rorty and Charles Taylor, as well as in the recent movements under the headings of moral realism, particularism, moral perception, and virtue theory. This volume brings together essays by critics and admirers of Murdoch's work, and includes a longer Introduction on Murdoch's career, reception, and achievement. It also contains a previously unpublished chapter from the book on Heidegger that Murdoch had been working on shortly before her death, and a Memoir by her husband John Bayley. It gives not only an introduction to Murdoch's important philosophical life and work, but also a picture of British philosophy in one of its heydays and at an important moment of transition.Contents:Introduction / Justin BroackesSein und Zeit: Pursuit of Being / Iris MurdochIris on Safari: A Personal Record / John Bayley1 Holy Fool and Magus: The Uses of Discipleship in Under the Net and The Flight from the Enchanter / Peter J. Conradi2 ‘Faint with Secret Knowledge’: Love and Vision in Murdoch’s The Black Prince / Martha Nussbaum3 The Virtues of Metaphysics: A Review of Iris Murdoch’s Philosophical Writings / Maria Antonaccio4 Iris Murdoch and Existentialism / Richard Moran5 The Exploration of Moral Life / Carla Bagnoli6 Iris Murdoch and the Prospects for Critical Moral Perception / Bridget Clarke7 Social Convention and Neurosis as Obstacles to Moral Freedom / Margaret Holland8 Iris Murdoch on Nobility and Moral Value / Roger Crisp9 ‘For every Foot its own Shoe’: Method and Moral Theory in the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch / Julia Driver10 Visual Metaphors in Murdoch’s Moral Philosophy / Lawrence Blum11 Psychopathy, Empathy, and Moral Motivation / A. E. DenhamWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays. To get started finding Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Iris Murdoch was a notable philosopher before she was a notable novelist and her work was brave, brilliant, and independent. She made her name first for her challenges to Gilbert Ryle and behaviourism, and later for her book on Sartre (1953), but she had the greatest impact with her work in moral philosophy--and especially her book The Sovereignty of Good (1970). She turned expectantly from British linguistic philosophy to continental existentialism, but was dissatisfied there too; she devised a philosophy and a style of philosophy that were distinctively her own. Murdoch aimed to draw out the implications, for metaphysics and the conception of the world, of rejecting the standard dichotomy of language into the 'descriptive' and the 'emotive'. She aimed, in Wittgensteinian spirit, to describe the phenomena of moral thinking more accurately than the 'linguistic behaviourists' like R. M. Hare. This 'empiricist' task could be acheived, Murdoch thought, only with help from the idealist tradition of Kant, Hegel, and Bradley. And she combined with this a moral psychology, or theory of motivation, that went back to Plato, but was influenced by Freud and Simone Weil. Murdoch's impact can be seen in the moral philosophy of John McDowell and, in different ways, in Richard Rorty and Charles Taylor, as well as in the recent movements under the headings of moral realism, particularism, moral perception, and virtue theory. This volume brings together essays by critics and admirers of Murdoch's work, and includes a longer Introduction on Murdoch's career, reception, and achievement. It also contains a previously unpublished chapter from the book on Heidegger that Murdoch had been working on shortly before her death, and a Memoir by her husband John Bayley. It gives not only an introduction to Murdoch's important philosophical life and work, but also a picture of British philosophy in one of its heydays and at an important moment of transition.Contents:Introduction / Justin BroackesSein und Zeit: Pursuit of Being / Iris MurdochIris on Safari: A Personal Record / John Bayley1 Holy Fool and Magus: The Uses of Discipleship in Under the Net and The Flight from the Enchanter / Peter J. Conradi2 ‘Faint with Secret Knowledge’: Love and Vision in Murdoch’s The Black Prince / Martha Nussbaum3 The Virtues of Metaphysics: A Review of Iris Murdoch’s Philosophical Writings / Maria Antonaccio4 Iris Murdoch and Existentialism / Richard Moran5 The Exploration of Moral Life / Carla Bagnoli6 Iris Murdoch and the Prospects for Critical Moral Perception / Bridget Clarke7 Social Convention and Neurosis as Obstacles to Moral Freedom / Margaret Holland8 Iris Murdoch on Nobility and Moral Value / Roger Crisp9 ‘For every Foot its own Shoe’: Method and Moral Theory in the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch / Julia Driver10 Visual Metaphors in Murdoch’s Moral Philosophy / Lawrence Blum11 Psychopathy, Empathy, and Moral Motivation / A. E. DenhamWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays. To get started finding Iris Murdoch, Philosopher: A Collection of Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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