Naturalism and normativity / [edited by] Mario De Caro and David Macarthur.

Normativity concerns what we ought to think or do and the evaluations we make. For example, we say that we ought to think consistently, we ought to keep our promises, or that Mozart is a better composer than Salieri. Yet what philosophical moral can we draw from the apparent absence of normativity i...

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Other Authors: De Caro, Mario, Macarthur, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
Series:Columbia themes in philosophy.
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Summary:Normativity concerns what we ought to think or do and the evaluations we make. For example, we say that we ought to think consistently, we ought to keep our promises, or that Mozart is a better composer than Salieri. Yet what philosophical moral can we draw from the apparent absence of normativity in the scientific image of the world? For scientific naturalists, the moral is that the normative must be reduced to the nonnormative, while for nonnaturalists, the moral is that there must be a transcendent realm of norms. Naturalism and Normativity engages with both sides of t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 368 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231508872
0231508875
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.