Cora Diamond is a US-born philosopher. She has worked on problems in analytic philosophy, the interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein, and moral philosophy. A moral vegetarian, she has also examined the rhetorical and philosophical nature of contemporary attitudes towards animal rights. An article of hers, What Nonsense Might Be, examines how the notion of "nonsense" has and can be used in the analytic tradition, and her writings on both "early" (Tractatus-era) and "late" (Investigations-era) Wittgenstein have been influential in the field. Much of her recent work has been towards an interpretation of Wittgenstein's thought commonly called the New Wittgenstein. A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Analytic philosophy is the dominant philosophical movement in University philosophy departments in English-speaking countries, although one of its founders, Gottlob Frege, was German, and many of its leading proponents, such as Ludwig Wittgenstein, Rudolf Carnap, Kurt Gödel and Karl Popper, were Austrian. ... Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (IPA: ) (April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to modern philosophy, primarily on the foundations of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and the philosophy of mind. ... Ethics is a general term for what is often described as the science (study) of morality. In philosophy, ethical behavior is that which is good or right. ... Cover Story on TIME. [1] Many vegetarians consider the production, subsequent slaughtering and consumption of meat or animal products as unethical. ... The logo of the Great Ape Project, which is campaigning for a Declaration on Great Apes. ... Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length work published by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in his lifetime. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The New Wittgenstein is a set of affiliated interpretations of the work of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. ...

Diamond received her BA from Swarthmore College in 1957, and her BPhil from Oxford University in 1961. She is currently professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. Swarthmore College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, with an enrollment of about 1450 students. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Website Virginia. ...

External links

• Diamond's home page at UVa
• An interview with Diamond from 2000 (pdf)