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The Is-Ought Problem: An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

By Gerhard Schurz

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1997
ISBN
978-90-481-4795-3, 978-94-017-3375-5
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-3375-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15782497 bytes)
Series
Trends in Logic 1
Pages
332\343
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Logic; Interdisciplinary Studies; Philosophy of th

Description

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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