Kathleen Stock

The women who challenged a stale, male philosophy

Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman describe how Iris Murdoch and her friends rejected logical positivism and brought philosophy back to life

Iris Murdoch in 1967, photographed by Madame Yevonde. [Mary Evans/© Yevonde portrait archive]

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