Elizabeth Anscombe

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Catholic philosopher analytic philosopher human philosopher

Elizabeth Anscombe was a prominent 20th-century analytic philosopher known for her influential work in ethics, philosophy of action, and her role in editing and interpreting Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings.

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Label	Occurrences
Elizabeth Anscombe canonical	18
G. E. M. Anscombe	14
Gertrude Anscombe	1
Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic philosopher ⓘ analytic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
almaMater	University of Oxford ⓘ
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
coAuthor	Peter Geach ⓘ
convertedTo	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Ireland ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1919-03-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2001-01-05 ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Roger Scruton ⓘ
editorOf	Philosophical Investigations ⓘ Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics ⓘ Zettel ⓘ
educatedAt	St Hugh’s College, Oxford ⓘ surface form: St Hugh's College, Oxford
employer	Newnham College, Cambridge ⓘ Somerville College, Oxford ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge
familyName	Anscombe ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ
fullName	Elizabeth Anscombe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
givenName	Elizabeth ⓘ Gertrude ⓘ Margaret ⓘ
influenced	Alasdair MacIntyre ⓘ John McDowell ⓘ Judith Jarvis Thomson ⓘ Philippa Foot ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
knownFor	critiques of modern moral theory ⓘ editing and interpreting Wittgenstein’s writings ⓘ work on intention and action ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	British Academy ⓘ
movement	analytic philosophy ⓘ
notableIdea	concept of brute facts ⓘ critique of consequentialism ⓘ revival of virtue ethics ⓘ theory of intentional action ⓘ
notableWork	Causality and Determination ⓘ Contraception and Chastity ⓘ Intention ⓘ Modern Moral Philosophy ⓘ Mr. Truman’s Degree ⓘ On Brute Facts ⓘ The First Person ⓘ Three Philosophers ⓘ War and Murder ⓘ
opposedTo	consequentialism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	virtue ethics ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Limerick ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge
positionHeld	Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Peter Geach ⓘ
translated	Philosophical Investigations ⓘ
translatedAuthor	Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ

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Philosophical Investigations → editor → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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Philosophical Investigations → translator → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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On Certainty → editor → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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The Blue and Brown Books → editor → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics → editor → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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Causality and Determination → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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War and Murder → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

Contraception and Chastity → author → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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John McDowell → influencedBy → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ

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Philippa Foot → influencedBy → Elizabeth Anscombe ⓘ