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G. E. M. Anscombe
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<p>Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe <a href="/facts/Fellow_of_the_British_Academy/4gTMDxbs">FBA</a> , usually cited as G. E. M. Anscombe or Elizabeth Anscombe, was a British <a href="/facts/Analytic_philosophy/ALSWKaQa">analytic philosopher</a>. She wrote on the <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_mind/o6yNRjwd">philosophy of mind</a>, <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_action/TMFsJsBa">philosophy of action</a>, <a href="/facts/Philosophical_logic/Ld8lnKDA">philosophical logic</a>, <a href="/facts/Philosophy_of_language/qwNCwF4W">philosophy of language</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ethics/wNVNgL5q">ethics</a>. She was a prominent figure of <a href="/facts/Analytical_Thomism/mo4WGxhV">analytical Thomism</a>, a fellow of <a href="/facts/Somerville_College%2c_Oxford/ySEouyGb">Somerville College, Oxford</a>, and a professor of philosophy at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Cambridge/0la7aX9o">University of Cambridge</a>. </p><p>Anscombe was a student of <a href="/facts/Ludwig_Wittgenstein/wN9bAgMz">Ludwig Wittgenstein</a> and became an authority on his work and edited and translated many books drawn from his writings, above all his <i><a href="/facts/Philosophical_Investigations/oBDcjWuP">Philosophical Investigations</a></i>. Anscombe's 1958 article "<a href="/facts/Modern_Moral_Philosophy/K4In4gQ2">Modern Moral Philosophy</a>" introduced the term <i><a href="/facts/Consequentialism/kprB3wDt">consequentialism</a></i> into the language of analytic philosophy, and had a seminal influence on contemporary <a href="/facts/Virtue_ethics/g6d88jYN">virtue ethics</a>. Her monograph <i>Intention</i> (1957) was described by <a href="/facts/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher)/WSv0romH">Donald Davidson</a> as "the most important treatment of action since <a href="/facts/Aristotle/U2bDlBFW">Aristotle</a>". It is "widely considered a foundational text in contemporary <a href="/facts/Action_theory_(philosophy)/TMFsJsBa">philosophy of action</a>" and has also had influence in the philosophy of practical reason." </p>