Questions tagged [noncognitivism]
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Why is error theory a lot less popular than non-cognitivism?
Error theory (SEP) and non-cognitivism (SEP) are both forms of anti-realism, denying the existence of moral facts, but they differ on the nature of moral statements. Error theory claims that moral ...
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Can recalcitrant desires be reduced to contradictory beliefs, or do they reveal something non-cognitive about desire?
In his paper Why Desires are Not Beliefs, Michiel Esseling critically engages with Alex Gregory’s “Desire-as-Belief” (DAB) thesis the view that desires are a subset of beliefs, namely, beliefs about ...
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Is death immoral according to emotivism?
Emotivism (A.J. Ayer) is the meta-ethical theory that our ethical statements can be analytically reduced to emotional reactions (boo, hurrah).
Death is an action which more often than not produces ...
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Is non-cognitivism self-undermining?
Not quite self-defeat, though: by argument:
The version of non-cognitivism we're addressing: generic or "naive," such as in translating, "X is good," into, "Hooray for X!&...
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How do Turing machines compare to Lakoffian cognitivism?
It intrigues me that a Turing machine is a mathematical abstraction, arguably without a single universal or canonical formulation or definition. We can prove various systems are Turing-equivalent, but ...
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Can erotetic logic be used to devise a noncognitivist moral realism?
The IEP article on moral realism says that noncognitivist realism is logically possible, but goes on to assess the one attempt at such a position (Bruce Waller's) thusly:
Waller’s divide-and-conquer ...
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