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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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Crispin Wright on Cognitivism/ Noncognitivism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 261 Morality/ethics/McDowellVsNon-cognitivism: proceeds from a messy construction of ethical fact and objectivity. (Scylla). As if the moral facts existed independently of the evaluative standpoint.> Scylla: see >Necessity/Wright. >Metaphysical realism, >Facts, >Ethics, cf. >Emotivism, >Morality._____________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. |
WrightCr I Crispin Wright Truth and Objectivity, Cambridge 1992 German Edition: Wahrheit und Objektivität Frankfurt 2001 WrightCr II Crispin Wright "Language-Mastery and Sorites Paradox" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 WrightGH I Georg Henrik von Wright Explanation and Understanding, New York 1971 German Edition: Erklären und Verstehen Hamburg 2008 |
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