Ralph Wedgwood

The Nature of Normativity

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Produktbeschreibung

The Nature of Normativity presents a complete theory about the nature of normative thought ¿ that is, the sort of thought that is concerned with what ought to be the case, or what we ought to do or think. Ralph Wedgwood defends a kind of realism about the normative, according to which normative truths or facts are genuinely part of reality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780199568192
• ISBN-10: 0199568197
• Artikelnr.: 27034558

Autorenporträt

Ralph Wedgwood is Professor of Philosophy and University Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I: The Semantics of Normative Thought and Discourse
1: Thinking About What Ought to Be
2: Expressivism
3: Causal Theories and Conceptual Analyses
4: Conceptual Role Semantics
5: Context and the Logic of 'Ought'
Part II: The Metaphysics of Normative Facts
6: The Metaphysical Issues
7: The Normativity of the Intentional
8: Irreducibility and Causal Efficacy
9: Non-Reductive Naturalism
Part III: The Epistemology of Normative Belief
10: The Status of Normative Intuitions
11: Disagreement and the A Priori
12: Conclusion
Bibliography