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Margaret MacDonald (philosopher) was born on 9 April, 1903 in London, England, is a British analytic philosopher. Discover Margaret MacDonald (philosopher)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Born 9 April, 1903
Birthday 9 April
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Date of death 1956
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1903

Margaret MacDonald (9 April 1903 – 7 January 1956) was a British analytic philosopher.

She worked in the areas of philosophy of language, political philosophy and aesthetics.

Margaret MacDonald was born in London and abandoned as a child.

1932

She was educated at University College London and was awarded a first class degree in philosophy in 1932, followed by a PhD in 1934.

Her PhD supervisor was Susan Stebbing who provided MacDonald with financial assistance during her research.

1933

Mark Addis reports that, in 1933.

MacDonald "helped to found" the philosophy journal Analysis "in collaboration with" Stebbing, C.A. Mace and Ryle.

1934

MacDonald joined Girton College, Cambridge, as a Pfeiffer Research Fellow in Moral Sciences between 1934 and 1937.

While at Cambridge, she studied under G.E. Moore and was part of the inner circle of students that Ludwig Wittgenstein taught.

Along with fellow student Alice Ambrose she secretly (since he did not allow this) made notes during Wittgenstein's lectures, which were later published.

They later convinced Wittgenstein to allow them continue to write his lectures down.

1937

From 1937 to 1941 MacDonald taught philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she was also librarian.

During the war she was temporary principal in the Board of Trade.

This was followed by a lectureship at Bedford College, London.

At this time, she was one of a very small number of women teaching philosophy outside of Oxford University.

Having studied with Wittgenstein before coming to Oxford in 1937, she deployed and developed Wittgensteinian themes in her own subsequent work, and it has been argued that this work was an important source of ideas in her close friend Gilbert Ryle's philosophy.

1947

From 1947 she was also a lecturer on Ethics to staff at the Home Office.

1948

She was also the journal's editor from 1948 until 1956.

1951

Two of her articles were reprinted in the Logic and Language (1951) series which included articles that were representative of current philosophical trends.

1955

She became reader in philosophy at Bedford College in 1955.

MacDonald's early articles were criticisms of the work of contemporary philosophers, however she later concentrated on aesthetics, particularly how language relates to art.

She was also interested in political philosophy and published a significant article 'Natural Rights'.

In this paper she argues against the idea that natural rights are founded on the natural law.

Her view is summarised by Jonathan Wolff as: "...statements of natural rights are akin to decisions, declaring 'here I stand', and...uses an analogy with another area of critical judgement—in her case literary appreciation—to point out the possibility of rational argument through the presentation of reasons".

Her work attracted substantial attention at the time.

1956

She died in London in 1956, following heart surgery.