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  • Intention

    by G. E. M. Anscombe ...
    Intention is one of the masterworks of twentieth-century philosophy in English. First published in 1957, it has acquired the status of a modern philosophical classic. The book attempts to show in detail that the natural and widely accepted picture of what we mean by an intention gives rise to insoluble problems and must be abandoned. This is a welcome reprint of a book that continues to grow in ... Read more

    $36.29 CAD

  • Human Life, Action and Ethics

    Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe

    by G.E.M. Anscombe ...
    Series Book 4 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    A collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy' ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Escort Game

    by G. Stirling Anscombe ...
    When Sheryn and Larry arrived in London, both fresh out of college and very much in love, they agreed that freedom is everything and that neither would sell out to Establishment ideals.Money was hard to come by. Larry worked as a short order cook and Sheryn, lonely, soon became involved in an exciting threesome with the couple next door. From there it didn't take long for her to realize that she ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Faith in a Hard Ground

    Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics by G.E.M. Anscombe

    by G.E.M. Anscombe ...
    Series Book 11 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    Elizabeth Anscombe’s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005. ... Read more

    $21.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Plato to Wittgenstein

    Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe

    by G.E.M. Anscombe ...
    Series Book 18 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    In 2005 St Andrews Studies published a volume of essays by Anscombe entitled Human Life, Action and Ethics, followed in 2008 by a second with the title Faith in a Hard Ground. Both books were highly praised. This third volume brings essays on the thought of historical philosophers in which Anscombe engages directly with their ideas and arguments. Many are published here for the first time and the ... Read more

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  • Logic, Truth and Meaning

    Writings by G.E.M. Anscombe

    by Mary Geach, Luke Gormally ...
    Series Book 22 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    Fourth in the series of volumes containing collections of papers of philosopher G.E.M. Anscombe, tackling various subjects and including a reprint of Anscombe's 'Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus'. ... Read more

    $20.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anscombe on Wittgenstein

    Reminiscences of a Philosophical Friendship

    Edited by John Berkman, Roger Teichmann ...
    Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the greatest philosophers of the modern era, while his pupil and friend Elizabeth Anscombe is increasingly recognized as being an important philosopher in her own right. Over a number of years, Anscombe kept a series of notebooks labeled "Anecdotes about Wittgenstein," documents which are uniquely valuable for their ability to shed light on the intellectual and ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • G.E.M. Anscombe and Human Dignity

    by John Mizzoni ...
    G.E.M. ANSCOMBE (1919-2001) is one of the twentieth century's most provocative and highly regarded philosophers. Anscombe is known for challenging received philosophical views, and some commentators have regarded her as the greatest woman philosopher of all time. The papers in this volume explore the work of Anscombe as it relates to the subject of human dignity. The volume has three parts: Part I ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • G.E.M. Anscombe and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

    by John Mizzoni ...
    March 2014 marked the 95th birthday of G.E.M. Anscombe (1919-2001), one of the twentieth century's most provocative and highly regarded philosophers. Anscombe is known for challenging received philosophical views, and some commentators have regarded her as the greatest woman philosopher of all time. The papers in this volume address the question: What are Anscombe's contributions-actual and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Women Are Up to Something

    How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics

    by Benjamin J.B. Lipscomb ...
    The story of four remarkable women who shaped the intellectual history of the 20th century: Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch. On the cusp of the Second World War, four women went to Oxford to begin their studies: a fiercely brilliant Catholic convert; a daughter of privilege longing to escape her stifling upbringing; an ardent Communist and aspiring novelist with a ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

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  • The Creation of Wittgenstein

    Understanding the Roles of Rush Rhees, Elizabeth Anscombe and Georg Henrik von Wright

    Edited by Thomas H. Wallgren ...
    Making extensive use of unique archival resources this collection presents, for the first time, an in-depth study of the work and influence of Wittgenstein's original literary heirs, Rush Rhees, Elizabeth Anscombe and Georg Henrik von Wright as editors of Wittgenstein's posthumous writings.Presenting philosophical portraits of Rhees, Anscombe and von Wright, a team of international contributors ... Read more

    $61.19 CAD

  • Philosophy of Action from Suarez to Anscombe

    Edited by Constantine Sandis ...
    Accounts of human and animal action have been central to modern philosophy from Suarez and Hobbes in the sixteenth century to Wittgenstein and Anscombe in the mid-twentieth century via Locke, Hume, Kant, and Hegel, among many others. Philosophies of action have thus greatly influenced the course of both moral philosophy and the philosophy of mind. This book gathers together specialists from both ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD