G. E. Moore

G. E. Moore
Moore in 1914
Born
George Edward Moore

(1873-11-04)4 November 1873
Upper Norwood, London, England
Died24 October 1958(1958-10-24) (aged 84)
Evelyn Nursing Home, Cambridge], England
SpouseDorothy Ely
Children2, including Nicholas Moore
RelativesThomas Sturge Moore (brother)
Education
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisorsJames Ward[1]
Philosophical work
Era
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Consequentialism
InstitutionsTrinity College, Cambridge
Aristotelian Society
(president, 1918–19)
Ethical Union
(president, 1935–36)
Doctoral studentsCasimir Lewy
Notable studentsR. B. Braithwaite[2]
Main interests Philosophy of language
Notable ideas

George Edward Moore OM FBA (4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958) was an English philosopher, who with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and earlier Gottlob Frege was among the initiators of analytic philosophy. He and Russell began de-emphasizing the idealism which was then prevalent among British philosophers and became known for advocating common-sense concepts and contributing to ethics, epistemology and metaphysics. He was said to have had an "exceptional personality and moral character".[6] Ray Monk dubbed him "the most revered philosopher of his era".[7]

As Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, he influenced but abstained from the Bloomsbury Group, an informal set of intellectuals. He edited the journal Mind. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles from 1894 to 1901,[8] a fellow of the British Academy from 1918, and was chairman of the Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club in 1912–1944.[9][10] A humanist, he presided over the British Ethical Union (now Humanists UK) in 1935–1936.[11]

  1. ^ Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). "James Ward". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. by Pierfrancesco Basile.
  2. ^ Alice Ambrose, Morris Lazerowitz (eds.), G. E. Moore: Essays in Retrospect, Volume 3, Psychology Press, 2004, p. 25.
  3. ^ G. E. Moore (15 December 1919), "External and Internal Relations", Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 20 (1919–20): 40–62.
  4. ^ G. E. Moore, "The Refutation of Idealism" (1903), p. 37.
  5. ^ Robert Hanna, Kant, Science, and Human Nature. Clarendon Press, 2006, p. 60.
  6. ^ Preston, Aaron [in Swedish]. "George Edward Moore (1873—1958)". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  7. ^ Monk, Ray (3 April 2020). "He was the most revered philosopher of his era. So why did GE Moore disappear from history?". Prospect. London. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ Levy, Paul (1979). Moore: G.E. Moore and the Cambridge Apostles. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 319. ISBN 0297775766.
  9. ^ Stern, David G.; Rogers, Brian; Citron, Gabriel, eds. (2016). Wittgenstein: Lectures, Cambridge 1930–1933: From the Notes of G. E. Moore. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316432136. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  10. ^ Ahmed, Arif (6 September 2013). "The Moral Sciences Club (A Short History)". Faculty of Philosophy. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Annual Reports of the Ethical Union" (1946-1967). British Humanist Association, Series: Congress Minutes and Papers, 1913-1991, File: Minute Book. London: Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives.

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