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1 online resource (lxxxv, 251 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"G. E. Moore's fame as a philosopher rests on his ethics of love and beauty, which inspired Bloomsbury, and on his 'common sense' certainties, which challenge abstract philosophical theory. Behind these themes lie his critical engagement with Kant's idealist philosophy, which is published here for the first time. These early writings, Moore's fellowship dissertations of 1897 and 1898, show how he initiated his influential break with idealism. In 1897 his main target was Kant's ethics; but by 1898 it was the whole Kantian project of transcendental philosophy that he rejected, and the theory which he developed to replace it gave rise to the new project of philosophy as logical analysis. This edition includes comments by Moore's examiners, Henry Sidgwick, Edward Caird and Bernard Bosanquet, and in a substantial introduction the editors explore the crucial importance of the dissertations to the history of twentieth-century philosophical thought"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Editors' introduction -- The 1897 dissertation : the metaphysical basis of ethics -- Examiners' reports of the 1897 dissertation -- The 1898 dissertation : the metaphysical basis of ethics -- Examiner's report on the 1898 dissertation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Moore, G. E. (George Edward), 1873-1958.
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Moore, G. E. (George Edward), 1873-1958. |
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Electronic books.
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Baldwin, Thomas, 1947-
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Preti, Consuelo.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: G.E. Moore. Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, ©2011 9780521190145 (DLC) 2010048129 (OCoLC)665137567 |
| ISBN |
9780511992971 (electronic book) |
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0511992971 (electronic book) |
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9780511989179 (electronic book) |
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0511989172 (electronic book) |
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9780521190145 (hardback) |
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0521190142 (hardback) |
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