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The Life and Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe

This volume in the St Andrews series contains a collection of essays from leading authors regarding the work of Elizabeth Anscombe, in particular issues in mind and metaphysics, and can be considered a partner work to 2016's The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (also published by Imprint...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haldane, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton, Bedfordshire : Imprint Academic, 2019.
Colección:St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Front Matter; Title Page; Copyright Information; Dedication; St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs; Preface; G.E.M. Anscombe Bibliography; Contributors; The Life and Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe; Elizabeth Anscombe: Life and Work; 1; 2; 3; Elizabeth Anscombe at Oxford; Anscombe, Cambridge and the Challenges of Wittgenstein; 1. Introduction; 2. The Absence of Skinner and the Presence of Miss Anscombe; 3. Skinner and Anscombe as Literary Heirs and Editors; 4. Elizabeth Anscombe's Tenacity; 5. Wittgenstein, Anscombe and Georg Kreisel; 6. Kreisel and Anscombe's Editing
  • 5. Three Interpretive Principles6. Anscombe's Picture; 7. Substantial Life; 8. Conclusion; Anscombe and the Metaphysics of Human Action; 1. Causality and Action; 2. Practical Reason; 3. Practical Reason and Actions Intentional Under a Description; 4. Conclusion; The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Intention; 1. Introduction; 2. The Unintended Consequences of Intention; 3. Anscombe on the Public Stage; 4. The Intended Consequences of Intention; Nothing Added: Intention 19 & 20; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Reading 19; 4. Turning to 20
  • 5. The First Interpretation of Supposition (a)6. The Second Interpretation of Supposition (a); 7. Moving on to Supposition (b); 8. A Concluding Remark; Anscombe, Thomson and Double Effect; 1. Introduction; 2. Two Cases: Ambiguous Intent (AI) and Revengeful Intent (RI); 3. Bad Agent; 4. Cause or Agent?; 5. Conclusion; Anscombe and Practical Truth in Aristotle; 1. Introduction; 2. Assertoric Truth and Theoretical Understanding; 3. Practical Truth; 4. Elizabeth Anscombe's Interpretation; 5. Conclusion; Truth as Eternal Norm: Anscombe on Anselm's De Veritate; 1. Propositions, Truths and Times
  • 2. Norm-Satisfaction versus Norm3. Eternity and Unity of the Highest Truth; 4. Results and Open Questions; Asymmetries in Thinking about Thought: Anscombe and Wiggins; 1. Introduction; 2. Questions to Which We May Be Led by David Wiggins' Work; 3. Anscombe on These Questions; 4. Solo Propositions: Some Examples; 5. Indicating Paths We Can Take, and Paths We Should Not Take: Two Similarities; 6. Pursuing the Issues Here Further; 7. Frege, Wittgenstein, and Where We Get by Thinking about Definitions; 8. Ethics: Indicating and Blocking Paths of Thought; 9. Back to David Wiggins