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The Oxford Handbook of Elizabeth Anscombe (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Elizabeth Anscombe (Hardcover)
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Elizabeth Anscombe is now recognised as one of the most important
philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. She left a
large corpus of work, wide-ranging in content, always original and
bold. Her monograph Intention, published in 1957, is a modern
classic, and was described by Donald Davidson as "the most
important treatment of action since Aristotle." Her writings in
ethics have inspired countless discussions, and she has been
credited with having changed the face of Anglophone moral
philosophy by reviving and arguing for virtue ethics, now a major
field. Since Anscombe's death in 2001, her philosophical work has
received a steadily increasing level of attention worldwide.
Anscombe is often difficult to read, and she has certainly been
frequently misunderstood, but the sympathetic interest in her work
which is now evident in so many quarters is making it possible for
a true picture to begin to emerge of the range, depth, and power of
her contribution to philosophy. The Oxford Handbook of Elizabeth
Anscombe conveys something of that emerging picture of Anscombe's
overall philosophy-showing the great fecundity of her ideas in
essays that develop and expand on those ideas-and allows
contributors to engage critically with Anscombe, not merely to
expound what she said. The handbook opens with an introduction that
addresses the question of the unity in diversity of Anscombe's
philosophy, relating this to the twenty-two essays that follow. The
handbook is divided into parts along broadly thematic lines,
addressing: intention, ethical theory, human life, the first
person, and Anscombe on other philosophers.
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