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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777011203321

Titolo

Themes from G.E. Moore [[electronic resource] ] : new essays in epistemology and ethics / / edited by Susana Nuccetelli and Gary Seay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04273-X

1-281-15392-3

9786611153922

0-19-153592-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NuccetelliSusana

SeayGary

Disciplina

192

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Moorean Themes in Epistemology; Part III: Moorean Themes in Ethics; Index

Sommario/riassunto

These sixteen original essays, whose authors include some of the world's leading philosophers, examine themes from the work of the Cambridge philosopher G. E. Moore (1873-1958), and demonstrate his considerable continuing influence on philosophical debate. Part I bears on epistemological topics, such as scepticism about the external world, the significance of common sense, and theories of perception. Part II is devoted to themes in ethics, such as Moore's open question argument,. his non-naturalism, utilitarianism, and his notion of organic unities. - ;These sixteen original essays, whose auth