expressivist
nounEtymology From expressive + -ist.
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Ethics, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences An advocate of expressivism
expressivist
adjEtymology From expressive + -ist.
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Ethics, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Pertaining to or advocating expressivism, the doctrine that the primary function of moral sentences and sensation sentences (like "I am in pain") is to express an evaluative attitude, rather than stating a fact
- Since cognitivism is already a commitment of SEN, I see no harm in assuming it so long as we keep in mind that one possible lesson of MTE is that the content of moral predicates is [primarily] non-cognitive or expressivist.2007 May 26, Michael Rubin, “Sound intuitions on Moral Twin Earth”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:
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