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The Is-Ought Problem: An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

The Is-Ought Problem: An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

Schurz, Gerhard

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Series: Trends in Logic, Book 1

General SociologyHistory & Philosophy of ScienceLogic

ISBN10: 9048147956
ISBN13: 9789048147953
Publisher: Springer
Published: Dec 7 2010
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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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