Description for Hume on Is and Ought
Hardcover. This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival approaches are explained and discussed together with their implications for meta-ethical theory. Editor(s): Pigden, Charles R. Num Pages: 366 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival approaches are explained and discussed together with their implications for meta-ethical theory.
This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival approaches are explained and discussed together with their implications for meta-ethical theory.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230205208
SKU
V9780230205208
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About N/A
ANNETTE C. BAIER lives in her native New Zealand. Before retiring she taught at the universities of Aberdeen, Auckland, Sydney and Pittsburgh ADRIAN HEATHCOTE teaches philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia NORVA Y. S. LO is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia STEPHEN MAITZEN is Associate Professor and Head of the ... Read more
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