Essays about: "non-cognitivism"

Found 2 essays containing the word non-cognitivism.

1. 1. Problems for Michael Gill’s semantic pluralism : The ostensibility of certain moral agreements and disagreements

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Simon Engström; [2020]
   Keywords : Semantic pluralism; meta-ethics; metaethics; semantics; cognitivism; non-cognitivism; Michael Gill; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong; moral disagreement; ostensibility; Semantisk pluralism; meta-etik; metaetik; semantik; kognitivism; icke-kognitivism; Michael Gill; Walter Sinnott-Armstrong; moralisk oenighet; skenbarhet;

   Abstract : This paper concerns the semantic branch of meta-ethics, and examines a version of so called semantic pluralism advocated by Michael Gill. Briefly put, Gill suggests that ordinary people’s usage of moral terms is rather messy in the sense that the meaning of moral terms can vary not only between different people, but also for one and the same person in different contexts. READ MORE

3. 2. Non-cognitivism and thick moral concepts

   University essay from Institutionen för religion och kultur

   Author : Olle Blomberg; [2006]
   Keywords : thick concepts; non-cognitivism; metaethics; John McDowell; rule-following; tjocka begrepp; nonkognitivism; metaetik; John McDowell; regelföljande;

   Abstract : Enligt ett argument mot nonkognitivismen som många kritiker hänvisat till, så är denna teori oförenlig med förekomsten av så kallade ‘tjocka moraliska begrepp’. Argumentet har dock aldrig artikulerats och preciserats ordentligt, vilket lett till att det ofta misstolkats av både anhängare och kritiker av nonkognitivismen. READ MORE