…figures in the group were Richard Braithwaite, who was a philosopher of science professor at Cambridge, and his wife, Margaret Masterman, who was worked on linguistic philosophy. She worked with Wittgenstein and was in charge of the Cambridge Language Research…

…prayers. then we always had a seminar during these retreats, a very hard-hitting seminar on ideas. It was about holistic science. Margaret Masterman and Dorothy and Richard and the other members of the group took the view that if there was a conflict…

…Sacred Mission at Kellam, Professor Richard Braithwaite, professor of philosophy, fellow of King's College, Cambridge, his wife, Margaret Masterman, an expert on language and language philosophy, and Wittgenstein, Dorothy Emmett, who was a professor at Manchester…

…religion disagree on anything, then you have to chop religion down to size to fit onto the Procrustean bed of science. Margaret Masterman was the most forceful member of this group, and she took exactly the opposite view. If they disagree in essential…

…confession, you had to say, if anyone has anything else to remind me of, I'd be grateful to be told. LAUGHTER And Margaret Masterman was never slow in reminding people of what they'd not done right. And so these sometimes got quite heated, the chapter of…