Moore, George Edward(1873–1958)
George Edward Moore was born into moderately affluent circumstances in Upper Norwood (a suburb of London), the third son of D. Moore, M.D., and Henrietta Sturge ...
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Moore, George Edward [addendum]
G. E. Moore's ethical writings, especially Principia Ethica of 1903, have long been regarded as philosophically revolutionary. In fact, Moore shared his main eth...
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The English philosopher George Edward Moore (1873-1958) was one of the originators of conceptual and linguistic analysis, the dominant trend in modern English philosophy.Born on Nov. 4, 1873, in Upper...
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G. E. Moore is known for his attack on idealism and defense of common-sense realism and for being, together with Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the founders of analytic philosophy. H...
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In the following essay, Broad, the author of the "Compound Theory of Materialistic Emergency, " argues against the validity of Moore's Principia Ethica.
From the many topics in...
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In the following essay, Grice applies Moore's paradoxes to other philosophical questions.
I shall begin by discussing two linked parts of Moore's philosophy, one of which is his metho...
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In the following excerpt, Harrison examines the influence of Moore's philosophy on the writings of Bloomsbury author E. M. Forster.
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The influence of Moore on the young Forster is vouched f...
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In the following essay, Linville and Ring apply Ludwig Wittgenstein's principles to Moore's paradox.
Wittgenstein "once remarked that the only work of Moore's that great...
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In the following essay, Leddy examines Moore's refutation of idealism in light of the contemporary debate between analytic philosophy and deconstruction.
It is natural in periods of crisis i...
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In the following essay, Jacobsen examines Virginia Woolf's Moorean analysis in her letters and diaries of love and friendship, based on the Bloomsbury Group's understanding of Moore�...
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In the following essay, Heal advances the thesis that Moore's paradox makes more sense when approached with Wittgenstein's theory.
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"I believe that it is raining but it isn&#x...
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In the following essay, Ducasse challenges Moore's belief that esse (to be) is not necessarily percipi (to be perceived).
Professor Moore's "The Refutation of Idealism,"...
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In the following essay, Malcolm recalls his personal interaction with Moore, finding him less imaginative than Bertrand Russell and less profound than Ludwig Wittgenstein but admiring his essay ...
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In the following essay, Falk attempts to clarify Moore's distinction between "good" and natural properties.
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Twentieth-century views on value are broadly divided between non-n...
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In the following review of Tom Regan's Bloomsbury Prophet: G. E. Moore and the Development of His Moral Philosophy and a collection of Moore's early essays, Hampshire agrees with Regan&#...
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In the following essay, Caton attempts an epistemological examination of Moore's paradox.
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This is not a scholarly paper on Moore's paradox. Many of the points I make have been made ...
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In the following review, Klagge confesses to disagreeing with Moore's theories but commends Regan for explaining them more clearly than Moore.
G. E. Moore's Principia Ethica was the c...
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In the following essay, Ball argues that Moore's "open-question " against ethical naturalism is flawed but, ultimately, valid.
The so-called "open question" argum...
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In the following excerpt, Steinberg examines elements of Moore's philosophy in the text of Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse.
Over the years critics have argued that Virginia W...
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Moore, George Edward (1873–1958)
George Edward Moore
G. E. Moore
Critical Essay by C. D. Broad
