The Is-Ought Problem
G. Schurz · 1899
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About the book
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.
Book details
- Year
- 1899
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Springer
- Editions
- 4
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN
- 9780792344100
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