Elizabeth Anscombe

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Elizabeth Anscombe was a prominent 20th-century analytic philosopher known for her influential work in ethics, philosophy of action, and her role in editing and interpreting Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.

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Elizabeth Anscombe canonical 20
G. E. M. Anscombe 16
Gertrude Anscombe 1

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analytic philosopher ⓘ
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philosopher ⓘ
academicAdvisor Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
almaMater University of Oxford ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
coAuthor Peter Geach ⓘ
convertedTo Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfBirth Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-03-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-01-05 ⓘ
doctoralStudent Roger Scruton ⓘ
editorOf Philosophical Investigations ⓘ
Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics ⓘ
Zettel ⓘ
educatedAt St Hugh's College, Oxford ⓘ
employer Newnham College, Cambridge ⓘ
Somerville College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
familyName Anscombe ⓘ
fieldOfWork ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy of action ⓘ
philosophy of language ⓘ
philosophy of mind ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
fullName Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe ⓘ
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givenName Elizabeth ⓘ
Gertrude ⓘ
Margaret ⓘ
influenced Alasdair MacIntyre ⓘ
John McDowell ⓘ
Judith Jarvis Thomson ⓘ
Philippa Foot ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
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knownFor critiques of modern moral theory ⓘ
editing and interpreting Wittgenstein’s writings ⓘ
work on intention and action ⓘ
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memberOf British Academy ⓘ
movement analytic philosophy ⓘ
notableIdea concept of brute facts ⓘ
critique of consequentialism ⓘ
revival of virtue ethics ⓘ
theory of intentional action ⓘ
notableWork Causality and Determination ⓘ
Contraception and Chastity ⓘ
Intention ⓘ
Modern Moral Philosophy ⓘ
Mr. Truman’s Degree ⓘ
On Brute Facts ⓘ
The First Person ⓘ
Three Philosophers ⓘ
War and Murder ⓘ
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utilitarianism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool virtue ethics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Limerick ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge ⓘ
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positionHeld Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
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spouse Peter Geach ⓘ
translated Philosophical Investigations ⓘ
translatedAuthor Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ

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Ludwig Wittgenstein → influenced → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
Philosophical Investigations → editor → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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Philosophical Investigations → translator → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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On Certainty → editor → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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The Blue and Brown Books → editor → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics → editor → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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Elizabeth Anscombe → fullName → Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe ⓘ
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Nicomachean Ethics → influenced → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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On Brute Facts → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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The First Person → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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Causality and Determination → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
Causality and Determination → author → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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War and Murder → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
Contraception and Chastity → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
Three Philosophers → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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Peter Geach → spouse → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
Zettel → editor → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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Zettel → hasCommentaryBy → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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John McDowell → influencedBy → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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Philippa Foot → influencedBy → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ
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The Sovereignty of Good → influencedBy → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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Praxis and Action → philosopherDiscussed → G. E. M. Anscombe ⓘ
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