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Excerpt: During his long
career at Cambridge University and as Editor of the premier British
philosophical journal, Mind, G. E. Moore made an enormous
contribution to the development of twentieth-century Anglo-American
thought. Although he had studied with Bradley
and McTaggart,
Moore was an early leader in the revolt against absolute
idealism. Amazed by the peculiar character of philosophical
controversy, Moore supposed that common-sense beliefs about the world
are correct as they are. The purpose of philosophy is not to debate
their truth, but rather to seek an appropriate analysis
of their significance. Moore was a significant influence on Russell,
Wittgenstein,
Ryle.
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