Problems with Relavitivism:
- missing disagreement problem
- arbitrariness: anything could be right and wrong
- social infallibility; if people all agree on something, it becomes right
Mind-to-World Desire of Fit
When you have a desire, you change the world so that you fulfill it. “truth-apt”
“when you are hungry, you want food”
Mind-to-World Desire of Fit
Your belief changes as a function of the world. “truth-apt”
“reasoning/cognition and truth”
Simple Subjectivism
“murder is wrong” <=> “I disapprove of mrder.”
Views on…
Statement | Cognitivism | Non-Cognitivism |
---|---|---|
murder is wrong | disapproval of murdering | disapproval of murdering |
+ belief about moral reality |
non-cognitivism: “murder is wrong”
emotivism
“boo murder”
perscriptivism
“don’t murder”
plan-expression
plans
embedding problem
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