Loose notes found in various books at the Philosophy and Theology Library, University of Oxford
Comprises:
- (fols. 45-47) H.D. Hirshmann's notes found in a copy of Bertrand Russell's Inquiry Into Meaning and Truth (1940) , n.d.;
- (fols. 48-53) Typewritten anecdote related to Richard Mervyn Hare while a tutor at Balliol College, Oxford, and proofs of prelims for John Randolph Lucas's I Told You So: a Frank Account of the Oxford of My Time, 2000;
- (fols. 54-59) Typewritten review by Norman Wingate Pirie entitled 'Letters on dice and disarmament' of The Born-Einstein Letters found in a copy of The Born-Einstein Letters ... 1916-1955 (1971), n.d.;
- (fols. 60-61) Notes found in a copy of Willard Van Orman Quine's Mathematical Logic (1940), n.d.;
- (fols. 62-65) Notes found in a copy of David Daiches Raphael's Moral Judgment (1955), n.d.;
- (fol. 66) Photocopy of an obituary of Gilbert Ryle published in Mind, vol. 86, no. 341 (1977), n.d.;
- (fols. 67-68 ) Notes found in a copy of John Jamieson Carswell Smart's Philosophy and Scientific Realism (1963), n.d.;
- (fol. 69) Daily Telegraph article by Stephen Caste about the retirement of Peter Strawson and the parlous state of philosophy in Oxford at the time of writing, 13 Mar 1988.
Dates
- Creation: [1940]-2000, n.d.
Extent
25 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark:
MS. Misc. 6, fols. 45-69
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 23743.25
Abstract
Loose notes found in various books at the Philosophy and Theology Library, University of Oxford, [1940]-2000.
Biographical / Historical
The Philosphy and Theology Library is a lending library for staff and students of the Philosophy and Theology Faculties at the University of Oxford. It holds resources for the following subjects: Biblical studies, church history, patristics, Christian doctrine, philosophy, sociology, psychology of religion, science and religion. It occupied premises at the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford before moving to the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in 2025.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Philosophy and Theology Library, University of Oxford, April 2024.
Creator
- University of Oxford | Faculty of Philosophy (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogue of loose notes found in various books at the Philosophy and Theology Library, University of Oxford
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Margaret Czepiel
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
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