G.E.M. Anscombe

Human Life, Action and Ethics

Essays
Herausgeber: Geach, Mary; Gormally, Luke

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents a collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'.

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Produktdetails

• St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
• Verlag: Imprint Academic
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 137mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9781845400613
• ISBN-10: 1845400615
• Artikelnr.: 21630843

Autorenporträt

Anscombe (1919-2001) read classics and philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford from 1937 to 1941 in which year she married the philosopher Peter Geach. She subsequently researched in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge where she became a student and friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. One of his literary executors, she played a large part in editing his unpublished works and was their principal English translator. In 1946 she returned to Oxford as a University Lecturer in 1951. From 1970 until her retirement in 1986 she held the Chair of Philosophy at Cambridge.