G. E. Moore Philosopher

George Edward "G. E." Moore OM, FBA (/mʊər/; 4 November 1873 – 24 October 1958) was an English philosopher. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and (before them) Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of the analytic tradition in philosophy. Along with Russell, he led the turn away from idealism in British philosophy, and became well known for his advocacy of common sense concepts, his contributions to ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, and "his exceptional personality and moral character." He was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, highly influential among (though not a member of) the Bloomsbury Group, and the editor of the influential journal Mind. He was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1918. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, the intellectual secret society, from 1894, and the Cambridge University Moral Sciences Club.

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Birth date	November 04, 1873
Birth place	England , London , Upper Norwood
Date of death	October 24, 1958
Place of death	England , Cambridge
Era	20th-century philosophy 19th-century philosophy
Main interest	Epistemology Ethics Philosophy of language

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influenced	Bertrand Russell Ludwig Wittgenstein Max Black J. L. Austin W. D. Ross
influenced by	Bertrand Russell Gottlob Frege Leonard Woolf J. M. E. McTaggart
notable idea	Naturalistic fallacy Moore's paradox Here is one hand Paradox of analysis
philosophical school	Analytic philosophy