
1873 – 1958
George Edward Moore (1873-1958) was a British philosopher and a founding figure of analytic philosophy alongside Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein. He is renowned for his defense of common sense realism, his refutation of idealism, and his foundational contributions to metaethics, particularly the identification of the naturalistic fallacy.
Identified the naturalistic fallacy in Principia Ethica (1903)
Defended common sense realism in 'A Defence of Common Sense' (1925)
Offered the famous 'Here is one hand' proof of an external world
Co-founded analytic philosophy with Russell and Wittgenstein
Edited the journal Mind from 1921 to 1947
There is no viable conception of vector properties on which vector properties are both necessarily extrinsic and capable of being fundamental
claimAny theory that explains 'good' as an optative in unasserted contexts would render obviously valid arguments invalid by treating them as equivocal
claimThe question 'Can God know all the places of the expansion of π?' is strictly senseless.