Meaning of 'ought', the: beyond descriptivism and expressivism in metaethics
Auteur :
Chrisman, Matthew
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780199363001
Date de publication :
5 nov. 2015
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,5 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
499 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Building on a careful truth-conditionalist semantics for 'ought' considered as a modal word, Chrisman argues that ought-sentences mean what they do neither because of how they describe reality nor because of the noncognitive attitudes they express, but because of their inferential role.