G. E. M. Anscombe
British analytic philosopher (1919–2001) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe FBA (/ˈænskəm/; 18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe or Elizabeth Anscombe, was a British[1] analytic philosopher. She wrote on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and ethics. She was a prominent figure of analytical Thomism, a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, and a professor of philosophy at the University of Cambridge.
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Born | Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (1919-03-18)18 March 1919 Limerick, Ireland |
Died | 5 January 2001(2001-01-05) (aged 81) Cambridge, England |
Other names | Elizabeth Anscombe |
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Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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Institutions | University of Oxford |
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Anscombe was a student of Ludwig Wittgenstein and became an authority on his work and edited and translated many books drawn from his writings, above all his Philosophical Investigations. Anscombe's 1958 article "Modern Moral Philosophy" introduced the term consequentialism into the language of analytic philosophy, and had a seminal influence on contemporary virtue ethics.[2] Her monograph Intention (1957) was described by Donald Davidson as "the most important treatment of action since Aristotle".[3][4] The continuing philosophical interest in the concepts of intention, action, and practical reasoning can be said to have taken its main impetus from this work.[citation needed]