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Revisiting Searle on Deriving Ought from Is

Revisiting Searle on Deriving Ought from Is

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Philosophy

ISBN10: 3030541150
ISBN13: 9783030541156
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.31
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book reconsiders the supposed impossibility of deriving Ought from Is. John R. Searle's 1964 article How to Derive Ought from Is'' sent shockwaves through the philosophical community by offering a straightforward counterexample to this claim of impossibility: from your promising something- and this is an is - it simply follows that you ought to do it. This volume opens with a brand new chapter from Searle who, in light of his subsequent philosophical developments, expounds the reasons for the validity of that derivation and its crucial significance for social ontology and moral philosophy. Then, in a fresh interview with the editors of this volume, Searle explores a range of topics including how his derivation relates to constitutive rules, and how he views Wittgenstein's philosophy, deontic logic, and the rationality of action.

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