Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981. 141 p.
Early work from a leader in analytic philosophy From Parmenides to Wittgenstein, Volume 1: Collected Philosophical Papers is part of a multi-volume publication of G.E.M. Anscombe's collected works. Writing on philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophy of language, and philosophical logic, Anscombe is known as one of analytical Thomisms's most prominent figures. This collection includes her writing on the work of her teacher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, with whom she worked closely as co-editor and translator.
Acknowledgement
Introduction
PART ONE: The Ancient Greeks
1 Parmenides, Mystery and Contradiction
2 The Early Theory of Forms
3 The New Theory of Forms
4 Understanding Proofs: Meno, 85dg - 86c2, Continued
5 Aristotle and the Sea Battle: De Interpretatione, Chapter IX
Appendix: A Note on Diodorus Cronus
6 The Principle of Individuation
7 Thought and Action in Aristotle: What is 'Practical Truth?'
PART Two: Medieval and Modern Philosophers
8 Necessity and Truth
9 Hume and Julius Caesar
10 "Whatever has a Beginning of Existence must have a Cause": Hume's Argument Exposed
11 Will and Emotion
12 Retractation
13 The Question of Linguistic Idealism
Index