Iris Murdoch
Biographic Data
| ID | 1093720 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iris Murdoch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iris |
| FAMILY NAME | Murdoch |
| SIGNATURE | MURDOCH I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5453-0635 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts
The Sovereignty of Good
Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what it is right to do rather than good to be and that only by restoring the notion of ‘vision’ to moral thinking can this distortion be corrected. This brilliant work shows why Iris Murdoch remains essential reading: a vivid …
Learning to live with glaucoma
Metaphysics as a guide to morals
Dame Iris Murdoch who has written several works of philosophy as well as twenty-four distinguished novels, now crowns her philosophic quest with a book that asks many questions and reflects on the essential aspects of the great subject: moral philosophy. Among her concerns are the roles literature, politics, art, and science play in the search for morality in a world that avoids the issue. What is morality, after all, Murdoch asks. Is it importan…
Ethics and the Imagination
The Fire and the Sun
An introduction to the philosophy of Plato and his attitude to art and his theory of beauty in particular and an account of Murdoch's views on Plato and art. She broadens the discussion to include the opinions of other writers and philosophers, from Aristotle through to Kant, Tolstoy, Freud, Derrida and Jane Austen. Topics touched on are Plato's view of homosexuality, music as therapy, and the Greek view of fine art. Apart from this book, Iris Mu…
Poems
The Fire and the Sun
The Fire and the Sun
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Fire and the Sun. BY Iris Murdoch. (Oxford, Clarendon press 1977. Pp. 89. Price £2.50) R. W. Hepburn R. W. Hepburn Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 112, July 1978, Pages 269–270, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218849 Published: 01 July 1978
Symposium
R. W. Hepburn, Iris Murdoch; Symposium: Vision and Choice in Morality, Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Volume 30, Issue 1, 8 July 1956, Pages 14
Symposium
R. W. Hepburn, Iris Murdoch; Symposium: Vision and Choice in Morality, Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Volume 30, Issue 1, 8 July 1956, Pages 14
The Fire and the Sun
The Fire and the Sun
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Fire and the Sun. BY Iris Murdoch. (Oxford, Clarendon press 1977. Pp. 89. Price £2.50) R. W. Hepburn R. W. Hepburn Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 28, Issue 112, July 1978, Pages 269–270, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218849 Published: 01 July 1978
Poems
The Fire and the Sun
An introduction to the philosophy of Plato and his attitude to art and his theory of beauty in particular and an account of Murdoch's views on Plato and art. She broadens the discussion to include the opinions of other writers and philosophers, from Aristotle through to Kant, Tolstoy, Freud, Derrida and Jane Austen. Topics touched on are Plato's view of homosexuality, music as therapy, and the Greek view of fine art. Apart from this book, Iris Mu…
Ethics and the Imagination
Metaphysics as a guide to morals
Dame Iris Murdoch who has written several works of philosophy as well as twenty-four distinguished novels, now crowns her philosophic quest with a book that asks many questions and reflects on the essential aspects of the great subject: moral philosophy. Among her concerns are the roles literature, politics, art, and science play in the search for morality in a world that avoids the issue. What is morality, after all, Murdoch asks. Is it importan…
Learning to live with glaucoma
The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts
The Sovereignty of Good
Iris Murdoch was one of the great philosophers and novelists of the twentieth century and The Sovereignty of Good is her most important and enduring philosophical work. She argues that philosophy has focused, mistakenly, on what it is right to do rather than good to be and that only by restoring the notion of ‘vision’ to moral thinking can this distortion be corrected. This brilliant work shows why Iris Murdoch remains essential reading: a vivid …
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