The Is-Ought Problem : an Investigation in Philosophical Logic /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
1997.
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| Series: | Trends in Logic, Studia Logica Library ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 332 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401733755 (electronic bk.) 9401733759 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1572-6126 ; |