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| - | '''Brute facts''' are facts which are facts in and of themselves, while institutional facts are, arguably, [[convention (norm)|conventional]]. '''Institutional facts''' require the support of an [[institution]]. The term was coined by [[G. E. M. Anscombe]] and popularized by [[John Searle]]. | ||
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| - | For instance, the fact that a certain piece of paper ''is'' [[money]] is an institutional fact, because that property is dependent on the institution that created and controls that money and that piece of paper will only be money as long as the members of that society believe that it is so. However, it is a brute fact that a certain piece of paper is a piece of paper. | ||
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| - | While brute facts are true in and of themselves, institutional facts are, arguably, [[convention (norm)|conventional]]. | ||
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| - | The more common but less technical definition of brute fact is "a terminus of a series of explanations which is not itself further explicable". | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Is-ought problem|is and ought problem]] - the distinction between [[fact|factual]] claims and [[Value theory|value]] or [[norm (philosophy)|normative]] claims | ||
| - | * [[question of fact|matter of fact and matter of law]] | ||
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| - | ==Sources== | ||
| - | *[[Oxford Companion to Philosophy]] 2005 "Brute Fact". | ||
| - | *Anscombe, G. E. M. (1958): "On Brute facts". ''Analysis'' 18: 69-72. | ||
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| + | '''Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe''' (18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), better known as '''Elizabeth Anscombe''', was a [[British people|British]] [[Analytic philosophy|analytic philosopher]]. Born in [[Ireland]], she was a student of [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] and became an authority on his work and edited and translated many books drawn from his writings, above all his ''[[Philosophical Investigations]]''. She wrote on the [[philosophy of mind]], [[philosophy of action]], [[philosophical logic]], [[philosophy of language]], and [[ethics]]. Anscombe's 1958 article "[[Modern Moral Philosophy]]" introduced the term "[[consequentialism]]" into the language of analytic philosophy; it had a seminal influence on contemporary [[virtue ethics]], as did some of her subsequent articles. Her monograph ''Intention'' is generally recognised as her greatest and most influential work, and the continuing philosophical interest in the concepts of intention, action and practical reasoning can be said to have taken its main impetus from this work. | ||
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Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe (18 March 1919 – 5 January 2001), better known as Elizabeth Anscombe, was a British analytic philosopher. Born in Ireland, she was a student of Ludwig Wittgenstein and became an authority on his work and edited and translated many books drawn from his writings, above all his Philosophical Investigations. She wrote on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and ethics. Anscombe's 1958 article "Modern Moral Philosophy" introduced the term "consequentialism" into the language of analytic philosophy; it had a seminal influence on contemporary virtue ethics, as did some of her subsequent articles. Her monograph Intention is generally recognised as her greatest and most influential work, and the continuing philosophical interest in the concepts of intention, action and practical reasoning can be said to have taken its main impetus from this work.
