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George Edward Moore OM FBA (4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958) was an English philosopher, who with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and earlier Gottlob Frege was among the initiators of analytic philosophy.
Mar 26, 2004 · G.E. Moore (1873-1958) (who hated his first names, ‘George Edward’ and never used them — his wife called him ‘Bill’) was an important British philosopher of the first half of the twentieth century.
5 days ago · G. E. Moore was an influential British Realist philosopher and professor whose systematic approach to ethical problems and remarkably meticulous approach to philosophy made him an outstanding modern British thinker. Elected to a fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1898, Moore remained.
G. E. Moore was a highly influential British philosopher of the early twentieth century. His career was spent mainly at Cambridge University, where he taught alongside Bertrand Russell and, later, Ludwig Wittgenstein. The period of their overlap there has been called the “golden age” of Cambridge philosophy.
Jan 26, 2005 · Moore’s Moral Philosophy. First published Wed Jan 26, 2005; substantive revision Mon Mar 22, 2021. G.E. Moore’s Principia Ethica of 1903 is often considered a revolutionary work that set a new agenda for 20 th -century ethics. This historical view is, however, somewhat overstated.
Principia Ethica is a book written in 1903 by British philosopher, G. E. Moore. Moore questions a fundamental pillar of ethics, specifically what the definition of "good" is. He concludes that "good" is indefinable because any attempts to do so commit the naturalistic fallacy.
Jul 31, 2019 · G. E. Moore (b. 1873–d. 1958) is credited, along with Bertrand Russell, for doing the most in the early 20th century to weaken the hold of idealism on English language philosophy and for advancing the method of analysis, which through its many permutations can be considered still to be the prevailing way of doing philosophy in English.
Jan 1, 2004 · First published in 1903, this volume revolutionized philosophy and forever altered the direction of ethical studies. A philosopher’s philosopher, G. E. Moore was the idol of the...
G. E. Moore was one of the most interesting and influential philosophers of the first half of the twentieth century. This selection of his writings makes the best of his work once again available, and also includes previously unpublished writings.
G. E. Moore is well known for advancing the method of analysis in philosophy, alongside his contemporary Bertrand Russell. He was a tireless defender of “common sense” as a source of knowledge about the world and his contribution to the field continues to shape how philosophy is done today.
