When1: 1899
When2: 1953
Who: George Edward Moore [Moore, George Edward]
What: philosopher
Where: Britain
works\ Nature of Judgment [1899]; Principia Ethica or Ethical Principles [1903]; Ethics [1912]; Philosophical Studies [1922]; Some Main Problems of Philosophy [1953]
Detail: He lived 1873 to 1958, was neo-realist, and developed criteria for meaning based on common sense.
Epistemology
Analysis of true common-sense propositions finds equivalent concepts and propositions. Experience and its object are two separate things, and object is not mental.
Ethics
Goodness is basic, simple, unanalyzable, non-natural quality. Good does not depend on human reason, emotions, God, or nature. The word "good" has no definition in terms of natural qualities, because natural qualities are good or bad {naturalistic fallacy}. Confusing the good with particular objects or traits is invalid. Wrong and right are indefinable, because they are fundamental.
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