The Is-Ought Problem

An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

von G. Schurz

332 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Trends in Logic
• ISBN: 9789048147953
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2010
• Genre: Philosophie/Allgemeines, Lexika
• Verlag: Springer Netherland