G. Schurz

Gebundenes Buch

The Is-Ought Problem

An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

Beschreibung

Can OUGHT be derived from IS? This book presents an investigation of this time-honored problem by means of alethic-deontic predicate logic. New in this study is the leitmotif of relevance: is-ought inferences indeed exist, but they are all irrelevant in a precise logical sense. New proof techniques establish this result for very broad classes of logics. A profound philosophical analysis of is-ought bridge principles supplements the logical study. The final results imply incisive limitations for the justifiability of ethics as opposed to empirical science.

Produktdetails

• Trends in Logic 1
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-7923-4410-0
• 1997.
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780792344100
• ISBN-10: 0792344103
• Artikelnr.: 23087155

Rezensionen

`... anyone interested in deontic logic should benefit from the insights of this book. ... the work is clearly written and excellently edited.'
History and Philosophy of Logic, 19 (1998)

`... anyone interested in deontic logic should benefit from the insights of this book. ... the work is clearly written and excellently edited.'
History and Philosophy of Logic, 19 (1998)