Emotion, Truth and Meaning
Subtitle: In Defense of Ayer and Stevenson (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781402009167
Subjects: Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Stevenson, Charles L.; Ethics and language; Ayer, A. J; Language, truth, and logic; Applied Ethics; Epistemology; Philosophy; Ayer, A. J.; History & Surveys - General; Metaphysics; Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy-History & Surveys - General; Philosophy-Metaphysics; Stevenson, Charles L; 1908-; (Alfred Jules),; (Charles Leslie),; 1910-; 1910-1989.; Emotivism
First sentence: The threefold purpose of this first chapter is (i) to synthesise an integrated summary account of the Emotive Theory from the separate versions proposed by Ayer and Stevenson; (ii) to distinguish those of its claims which contribute to its semantic thesis from those which contribute to its justificatory thesis; and (iii) to subsume its semantic thesis under its justificatory thesis.