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There are 15 critical essays on George Edward Moore.

Critical Essays on George Edward Moore
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Critical Essay by Stephen W. Ball
11,943 words, approx. 40 pages
In the following essay, Ball argues that Moore's "open-question " against ethical naturalism is flawed but, ultimately, valid.
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Critical Essay by Bernard Harrison
11,246 words, approx. 38 pages
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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Critical Essay by Jane Heal
11,180 words, approx. 37 pages
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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Critical Essay by W. D. Falk
11,069 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Falk attempts to clarify Moore's distinction between "good" and natural properties.
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Critical Essay by C. J. Ducasse
10,576 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Ducasse challenges Moore's belief that esse (to be) is not necessarily percipi (to be perceived).
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Critical Essay by C. D. Broad
9,406 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Broad, the author of the "Compound Theory of Materialistic Emergency, " argues against the validity of Moore's Principia Ethica.
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Critical Essay by Thomas Leddy
8,384 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Leddy examines Moore's refutation of idealism in light of the contemporary debate between analytic philosophy and deconstruction.
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Critical Essay by Norman Malcolm
8,381 words, approx. 28 pages
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 "Defence of Common Sense. "
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Critical Essay by Charles E. Caton
7,459 words, approx. 25 pages
In the following essay, Caton attempts an epistemological examination of Moore's paradox.
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Critical Essay by Paul Grice
7,201 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Grice applies Moore's paradoxes to other philosophical questions.
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Critical Essay by Kent Linville and Merrill Ring
6,068 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Linville and Ring apply Ludwig Wittgenstein's principles to Moore's paradox.
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Critical Essay by Erwin R. Steinberg
4,253 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following excerpt, Steinberg examines elements of Moore's philosophy in the text of Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse.
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Critical Essay by Stuart Hampshire
3,975 words, approx. 13 pages
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's assessment that Moore's methodology was Platonic.
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Critical Essay by Sally A. Jacobsen
2,968 words, approx. 10 pages
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's Principia Etnica.
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Critical Essay by James C. Klagge
1,218 words, approx. 4 pages
In the following review, Klagge confesses to disagreeing with Moore's theories but commends Regan for explaining them more clearly than Moore.


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