...albeit in a piece by their religion writer. It is clearly true that there's more interest in Anscombe than, say, 20 years ago--some of it is driven by renewed interest in Intention, and some of it by conservative Catholics looking for intellectually weighty authorities. My colleague Candace Vogler (who is part of the former movement) is quoted as saying that Anscombe "is the next big thing" in philosophy.
What do readers think? And if not Anscombe, then what is the "next big thing" in philosophy?
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