The Anscombean Mind is an indispensable resource for anyone studying and researching Anscombe herself, action theory, ethics, moral philosophy, Wittgenstein, and twentieth-century philosophy.
G. E. M. Anscombe (19192001) is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. Known primarily for influencing research in action theory and moral philosophy, her work also has relevance in the study of metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, and politics.
The Anscombean Mind
provides a comprehensive survey of Anscombes thought, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its enduring significance in contemporary debates. Divided into three clear parts, twenty-three chapters by an international array of contributors address the following themes:
- ancient philosophy
- metaphysics
- mind and language
- Wittgenstein
- action and ethics
- politics
- religion and faith.
The Anscombean Mind
is an indispensable resource for anyone studying and researching action theory, ethics, moral philosophy, Wittgenstein, twentieth-century philosophy, and Anscombe herself.
Introduction Adrian Haddock and Rachael Wiseman
1. Mary Somerville
Fellowship Report, May 1948 G. E. M. Anscombe Part 1: From Parmenides to
Wittgenstein
2. Anscombes Aristotelian Metaphysics Christopher Frey
3. The
Enigma of Existence: Russellm? Kantfrege? Anscombe Arindam Chakrabarti
4.
Anscombe, Stenius, and Ramsey on the Tractatus Peter Sullivan
5. Anscombe on
Wittgensteins On Certainty: Linguistic Idealism, World-Pictures and
Scepticism Andy Hamilton Part 2: Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind
6.
What is so Necessary about the Past? Anscombe Asymmetrist Anselm Winfried
Müller
7. Temporal Passage and Being in Time Colin Johnston
8. Metaphysics
and Modals Roger Teichmann
9. What do I Really See? What do I Really Do?
Rachael Wiseman
10. On Our Relation to the World as a Whole, and to Others,
in General Adrian Haddock
11. How Receptive Knowledge Relates to Practical
Knowledge John McDowell
12. What is the Moral of Davidsons Carbon Copier?
Towards an Anscombean account of Practical Knowledge Eylem Özaltun
13.
Anscombe and the Difference Rationality Makes Eric Marcus
14. The
Practicality of Practical Inference Will Small Part 3: Ethics, Religion, and
Politics
15. Anscombes Skepticism about the Possibility of (Kantian)
Practical Syllogisms Alexandra Newton
16. What is the Bearing of Thinking on
Doing? Marshal Bierson and John Schwenkler
17. Human Action Valérie
Aucouturier
18. The Elusiveness of the Voluntary: Anscombe and the Problem of
Human Agency Jean-Philippe Narboux
19. Sensation in Intention Clare Mac
Cumhaill
20. Justice in Criminal Trials R. A. Duff
21. Anscombe and the Rules
of Ordinary Practices Peter Faulconbridge
22. Anscombe on the Dignity of the
Human Being Matthias Haase
23. Practical Knowledge and the Spiritual Nature
of Man Evgenia Mylonaki. Index
Adrian Haddock is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Stirling, UK. He has written on action, perception, knowledge, and language.
Rachael Wiseman is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Liverpool, UK. She is the author of the Routledge Guidebook to Anscombes Intention (2016).
