Effect
Appeals of this type are subsequently often called "Moorean facts". "A Moorean fact one of those things that we know better than we know the premises of any philosophical argument to the contrary".
The "here is one hand" idea, in addition to fueling Moore's own work, deeply influenced Ludwig Wittgenstein, whose last writings were devoted to a new approach to Moore's argument. These remarks were published posthumously as On Certainty.
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