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Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe FBA (/ ˈ æ n s k ə m /; 18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe or Elizabeth Anscombe, was a British analytic philosopher. She wrote on the philosophy of mind , philosophy of action , philosophical logic , philosophy of language , and ethics .
A comprehensive overview of the life and work of Elizabeth Anscombe, a Catholic philosopher and translator of Wittgenstein. Learn about her contributions to ethics, action, causality, and sexual ethics.
Jul 21, 2009 · Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. She worked on an unusually broad array of topics: the entire range of the history of philosophy (ancient, medieval, modern, recent), metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind/psychology, philosophy of ...
G. E. M. Anscombe (b. 1919–d. 2001) is widely recognized as one of the most brilliant philosophers of the 20th century.
Jul 21, 2009 · Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe was one of the most gifted philosophers of the twentieth century. Her work continues to strongly influence philosophers working in action theory and moral philosophy. Like the work of her friend Ludwig Wittgenstein, Anscombe’s work is marked by a keen analytic sensibility. 1. Life. 2. Wittgenstein’s Influence.
Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret (G. E. M.) Anscombe (1919–2001), arguably England's greatest female philosopher and one of the great philosophers of the twentieth century, was born on March 18 in South London and died on January 5 in Cambridge, England.
Apr 1, 2020 · Anscombe drew upon work from the ancient philosopher Aristotle taking inspiration from his stance on virtue ethics, and criticising modern approaches to it. Some of Anscombe’s most influential work was on the nature of causation, particularly adopting a more singularist approach to it.
