Biography:Jenny Teichman

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

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

Date Review article Work(s) reviewed
1995

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. 3.0 3.1 Book Review
  4. In remembrance of Jenny Teichman, Murray Edwards College
  5. Review in New York Times

External links

J. Teichman, Review of Aurel Kolnai's Sexual Ethics

J. Teichman, 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' (on Peter Singer)