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| - | '''Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe''' (18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), better known as '''Elizabeth Anscombe''', was a [[British people|British]] [[Analytic philosophy|analytic philosopher]]. Born in [[Ireland]], she 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]]''. She wrote on the [[philosophy of mind]], [[philosophy of action]], [[philosophical logic]], [[philosophy of language]], and [[ethics]]. Anscombe's 1958 article "[[Modern Moral Philosophy]]" introduced the term "[[consequentialism]]" into the language of analytic philosophy; it had a seminal influence on contemporary [[virtue ethics]], as did some of her subsequent articles. Her monograph ''Intention'' is generally recognised as her greatest and most influential work, and 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. | + | '''Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe''', [[Fellow of the British Academy#Fellowship|FBA]] ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|n|s|k|oʊ|m}}; 18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), usually cited as '''G. E. M. Anscombe''', was a British [[Analytic philosophy|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]]. |
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| + | Born in Ireland, 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]]. Her monograph ''[[Intention (book)|Intention]]'' is generally recognised as her greatest and most influential work, and the continuing philosophical interest in the concepts of [[Intention (philosophy)|intention]], [[Action (philosophy)|action]] and [[practical reasoning]] can be said to have taken its main impetus from this work. | ||
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Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, FBA (Template:IPAc-en; 18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe, was a British 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.
Born in Ireland, 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. Her monograph Intention is generally recognised as her greatest and most influential work, and 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.
