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Jenny Teichman

Jenny Teichman

Australian-British philosopher


Jenny Teichman (29 March 1930 – 12 September 2018) was an Australian-British philosopher, writing mostly on ethics. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1930 and grew up in Belgrave. Her uncle was Justus Jorgensen, founder of the artists' colony of Montsalvat.[1] She married the lecturer and political commentator Max Teichmann.[2] She was a research fellow at Somerville College, Oxford, from 1957 until 1960. She taught mostly at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, formerly known as New Hall, where she became an Emeritus Fellow.[3] She also taught for shorter periods in Australia, Canada and the USA.

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She died on 12 September 2018.[4]

Bibliography

Books

  • Teichman, Jenny (1974). The mind and the soul : an introduction to the philosophy of mind. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
  • Illegitimacy, Blackwell & Cornell UP 1982
  • Pacifism & the Just War, Blackwell 1986[5]
  • Philosophy & the Mind, Blackwell 1988
  • Philosophy: a Beginners Guide (with Katherine Evans) Blackwell 1991, 1995, 1999 (translations in Polish, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese & Georgian)
  • Social Ethics a Students Guide, Blackwell 1996 (translations in Spanish, Indonesian, Korean & Polish)[3]
  • Ethics and Reality Ashgate, 2001
  • Philosophers' Hobbies and other Essays [27 short papers] illustrated by Michael Jorgensen, Blackjack Press 392 Station Street, Carlton, VIC 3054, Australia 2003.
  • The Philosophy of War & Peace, Imprint Academic, 2006

Anthologies

  • Intention & Intentionality: Essays in Honour of GEM Anscombe (with Cora Diamond) Harvester Press 1979
  • An Introduction to Modern European Philosophy (with Graham White) Macmillan 1995 and 1998

Book reviews

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References

  1. Jenny Teichman, Justus Jorgensen: Conversations and a memoir. Black Jack Press, 2005.
  2. D. Dunstan, Intellect of the left frightened the right, The Age 23 Dec 2008.
  3. In remembrance of Jenny Teichman, Murray Edwards College

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