The Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe

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Teichmann's review of major themes in her thinking has four aims: (1) "to present Anscombe's thought in as clear a way as is possible without falsifying or simplifying it"; (2) to bring out "the manifold connections between her thoughts on different topics"; (3) "to engage with what Anscombe says, as opposed to merely expounding it"; and (4) to develop or apply "her ideas beyond the limits of her original discussions" (pp. 1-2). No major theses or theories emerge, but here, as later (reflecting Anscombe's Wittgensteinian background), the words apply that Wittgenstein thought of adopting as an epigraph for his Philosophical Investigations: "I'll teach you differences."

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The Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe

TEICHMANN, Roger. The Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. ? + 244 pp. Cloth, $90.00- Of Anscombe's writings, Teichmann writes: "The achievement represented by that corpus of work is enormous, including as it doe...

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