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| Cognitivism, moral philosphy: Cognitivism is the thesis that moral statements are not purely emotional, but that they can contain insights._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Arthur C. Danto on Cognitivism/ Noncognitivism - Dictionary of Arguments
Danto I 98 Cognitivism/morals/language/Danto: Cognitivists argue that the significance and use of "good" is different from neutral language. Cf. >Prescriptivism. Danto I 106 Danto: thesis: the non-cognitivism is philosophically irrelevant, and the use theory of meaning in this context is a red herring - the speech act theory has failed. >Use theory, >Speech act theory._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Danto I A. C. Danto Connections to the World - The Basic Concepts of Philosophy, New York 1989 German Edition: Wege zur Welt München 1999 Danto III Arthur C. Danto Nietzsche as Philosopher: An Original Study, New York 1965 German Edition: Nietzsche als Philosoph München 1998 Danto VII A. C. Danto The Philosophical Disenfranchisement of Art (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) New York 2005 |
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