Logic, Cause and Action
Essays in Honour of Elizabeth Anscombe

A collection of essays in honour of the distinguished philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, first published in 2000.

Roger Teichmann (Edited by)

9780521785105, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 April 2000

162 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 0.9 cm, 0.24 kg

'All educators, all politicians - in fact, everyone - should read this book.' Sivan

Elizabeth Anscombe is among the most distinguished and original philosophers alive today. Her work has ranged over many areas of philosophy, including metaphysics, ethics, the philosophy of mind and action, and the philosophy of religion. In each of these areas she has made seminal contributions. The essays in this book, first published in 2000, reflect the breadth of her interests and the esteem in which she is held by her colleagues. The distinguished contributors include Michael Dunnett, Nancy Cartwright, Peter Geach and Philippa Foot; and Professor Anscombe's essay 'Making True' is published here for the first time.

1. Making true Elizabeth Anscombe
2. Sentences and propositions Michael Dummett
3. The first person: problems of sense and reference Edward Harcourt
4. An empiricist defence of singular causes Nancy Cartwright
5. Causality and derivativeness Stephen Makin
6. Intention, freedom and predictability Peter Geach
7. Intention Rosalind Hursthouse
8. Does moral subjectivism rest on a mistake? Philippa Foot
9. Ethics and psychology Roger Teichmann
10. Just war Nicholas Denyer.

Subject Areas: History of Western philosophy [HPC]