LECTURE 6.2: MOORE

Question 1

Intuitionist and analytic philosopher from Cambridge

Answer 1

George Edward Moore

Question 2

Who wrote Principia Ethica (1903)?

Answer 2

Moore

Question 3

Direct or immediate apprehension of knowledge as self-evident truths

Answer 3

Intuition

Question 4

“I believe the good to be _______ and yet still say that good, itself, is ________.”

Answer 4

definable ; indefinable

Question 5

Good is definable as a __________ (complex)

Answer 5

substantive

Question 6

Good is indefinable as an __________ (simple)

Answer 6

adjective

Question 7

Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts

Answer 7

Tractatus Worldview

Question 8

“A definition states what are the parts which invariably compose a certain whole; and it is in this sense that ‘good’ has no definition because it is _____ and has no _____.”

Answer 8

simple ; parts

Question 9

Denotes a simple and unanalyzable property which is indefinable

Answer 9

Good

Question 10

Any attempt to equate good with any other term

Answer 10

Naturalistic Fallacy