Nature of Normativity

Name: Nature of Normativity
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ISBN: 9780199568192

ISBN-10: 0199568197

ISBN-13: 9780199568192

Edition: 2009

Authors: Ralph Wedgwood

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Presenting 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 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.

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List price: $124.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Ralph Wedgwood is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.



Preface


Introduction



The Semantics of Normative Thought And Discourse



Thinking About What Ought To Be



Expressivism



Causal Theories and Conceptual Analyses



Conceptual Role Semantics



Context and the Logic of 'Ought'



The Metaphysics of Normative Facts



The Metaphysical Issues



The Normativity of the Intentional



Irreducibility and Causal Efficacy



Non-reductive Naturalism



The Epistemology of Normative Belife



The Status of Normative Intuitions



Disagreement and the A Priori



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index