E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 332 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Trends in Logic
Schurz The Is-Ought Problem
1997
ISBN: 978-94-017-3375-5
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
An Investigation in Philosophical Logic
E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 332 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Trends in Logic
ISBN: 978-94-017-3375-5
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
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Preface. 1. Philosophical Background and Program of the Study. 2. The Logical Background: A.D. 1-Logics. 3. The Logical Explication of Hume's Thesis. 4. The General Hume Thesis GH. 5. The Special Human Thesis SH. 6. Weakened Vesions of Hume's Thesis in A.D. 1- Logics with Bridge Principles. 7. A.D. 1-Logics with Weak Alethic Fragments: As A Subjective Propositional Attitude. 8. Generalizations. 9. Some Applications to Ethical Arguments. 10. The Problems of Identity and Existence. 11. Are There Analytic Bridge Principles? A Philosophical Investigation. 12. Are Synthetic Bridge Principles Scientifically Justifiable? Appendix. Notes. Bibliography.
