Iris Murdoch and the Transcendent Podcast

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Jil Evans and Charles Taliaferro about their book 'Iris Murdoch and the Transcendent', exploring themes of love, ethics, and more.

In this episode Miles is joined by Jil Evans and Charles Taliaferro (St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA) to discuss their new book, 'Iris Murdoch and the Transcendent'. We cover love, ethics, mora illumination, gender, vision and the will and much more! https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Iris-Murdoch-and-the-Transcendent-by-Charles-Taliaferro-Jil-Evans/9781009631594 Jil Evans is an abstract artist and author whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in private and museum collections throughout the United States, including Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Flaten Art Museum, and Halle Ford Museum of Art. She has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards, which include a Jerome Foundation Grant, Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board grant, and a Pew Grant to study and paint Italy, and residencies at the American Academy in Rome and the Atlantic Center for the Arts. She has co-authored three books with Charles Taliaferro. Charles Taliaferro is Emeritus professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Faithful Research, and a member of the Royal…

People in this episode

Host: Miles

Guests: Jil Evans, Charles Taliaferro

Topics covered

• love
• ethics
• moral illumination
• gender
• vision
• will

Keywords

• Iris Murdoch
• transcendence
• philosophy
• art
• ethics
• gender
• moral illumination

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Olaf College, Jerome Foundation, Arts Midwest/National Endowment for the Arts, Minnesota State Arts Board, Pew Grant

Books & works: Iris Murdoch and the Transcendent

Places: Italy, Rome

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