From Plato to Wittgenstein - Essays By G.e.m. Anscombe

Informationen zum Autor Anscombe (1919-2001) read classics and philosophy at St Hugh's College, Oxford from 1937 to 1941 in which year she married the philosopher Peter Geach. She subsequently researched in philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge where she became a student and friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. One of his literary executors, she played a large part in editing his unpublished works and was their principal English translator. In 1946 she returned to Oxford as a University Lecturer in 1951. From 1970 until her retirement in 1986 she held the Chair of Philosophy at Cambridge. Klappentext More treasures from the archive of papers left by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, edited by her daughter and son-in-law, philosophers Mary Geach and Luke Gormally. Zusammenfassung More treasures from the archive of papers left by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, edited by her daughter and son-in-law, philosophers Mary Geach and Luke Gormally.

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• Authors: G E M Anscombe, G. E. M. Anscombe, G.E.M. Anscombe
• Assisted by: Mary Geach (Editor), Luke Gormally (Editor)
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2011
• EAN: 9781845402334
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-233-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 211 mm x 20 mm
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs; St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy