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G. E. M. Anscombe
Sign in to saveAlso known as Elizabeth Anscombe, (Gertrude) Elizabeth (Margaret) Anscombe, Elisabeth Anscombe
British analytic philosopher
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- Works
- 7
Top works
- Remarks on the foundations of mathematics
- Menschenwürde-- Metaphysik und Ethik
- Philosophical writings
- Saggi di filosofia pratica
- Problèmes de l'autorité
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Graphs in Statistical Analysis
· 1973 · cited 1,907x
- Modern Moral Philosophy
· 1958 · cited 1,365x
- A Definition of Subjective Probability
· 1963 · cited 1,312x
- THE TRANSFORMATION OF POISSON, BINOMIAL AND NEGATIVE-BINOMIAL DATA
· 1948 · cited 794x
- The Examination and Analysis of Residuals
· 1963 · cited 423x
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Quotes
- “Christian life meant a separation from the standards of that world: you couldn't be a Baal-worshipper, you couldn't sacrifice to idols, be a sodomite, practice infanticide, compatibly with the Christian allegiance. That is not to say that Christians were good; we humans are a bad lot and our lives as Christians even if not blackly and grossly wicked are usually very mediocre.”
- “Those who try to make room for sex as mere casual enjoyment pay the penalty: they become shallow. At any rate the talk that reflects and commends this attitude is always shallow. They dishonour their own bodies; holding cheap what is naturally connected with the origination of human life.”
- “But we lay people are not less called to the Christian life, in which the critical question is: "Where does the compass-needle of your mind and will point?" This is tested above all by our reactions when it costs or threatens to cost something to be a Christian. One should be glad if it does, rather than complain! If we will not let it cost anything; if we succumb to the threat of "losing our life", then our religion is indistinguishable from pure worldliness.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe , ( 1919-03-18 ) 18 March 1919, Limerick , Ireland
- Died
- 5 January 2001 (2001-01-05) (aged 81), Cambridge , England
- Other name
- Elizabeth Anscombe
- Spouse
- Peter Geach ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 )
- Education
- St Hugh's College, Oxford ( BA ) Newnham College, Cambridge
- Academic advisor
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Analytic philosophy Analytical Thomism
- Institutions
- University of Oxford
- Notable students
- Philippa Foot
- Main interests
- Ethics logic philosophy of action philosophy of language philosophy of mind
- Notable works
- Intention (1957) " Modern Moral Philosophy " (1958)
- Notable ideas
- Acting under a description Brute facts Coining " consequentialism " Direction of fit Modern revival of virtue ethics
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elizabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Limerick
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Spouse
- Peter Geach
- Educated at
- Newnham College
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Student of
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Doctoral student
- Roger Scruton
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Elisabeth Anscombe.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1919-03-18
- date of death
- 2001-01-05
- member of
- British Academy
- influenced by
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Commons category
- G. E. M. Anscombe
- student
- Michael Dummett
- birth name
- Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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