At the University of Oxford in the 1940s, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot and Mary Midgley met and formed a quartet of female philosophers. Researchers Dr Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman explain the importance of their friendship and the impact of their ideas.
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