- cognitivist
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cognitivist — və̇st noun ( s) : an ethicist who holds that genuine ethical judgments are cognitive or empirically confirmable; usually : utilitarian, pragmatist … Useful english dictionary
Post-cognitivist psychology — comprises varieties of psychology that have emerged since the 1990s, challenging the basic assumptions of cognitivism and information processing models of cognition. Important predecessors of these movements include critical psychology and… … Wikipedia
Meta-ethics — In philosophy, meta ethics is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments. Meta ethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally recognized by philosophers, the… … Wikipedia
Non-cognitivism — This article is about the meta ethical theory. For non cognitivism regarding religious language, see theological noncognitivism. Non cognitivism is the meta ethical view that ethical sentences do not express propositions and thus cannot be true… … Wikipedia
Is–ought problem — David Hume raised the is ought problem in his Treatise of Human Nature The is–ought problem in meta ethics as articulated by Scottish philosopher and historian, David Hume (1711–1776), is that many writers make claims about what ought to be on… … Wikipedia
Is-ought problem — In meta ethics, the is ought problem was raised by David Hume (Scottish philosopher and historian, 1711 ndash;1776), who noted that many writers make claims about what ought to be on the basis of statements about what is . However, there seems to … Wikipedia
Moral nihilism — This article is about the meta ethical position. For other uses, see Nihilism (disambiguation). Moral nihilism (also known as ethical nihilism or amoralism) is the meta ethical view that nothing is moral or immoral. For example, a moral nihilist… … Wikipedia
Expressivism — in meta ethics is a theory about the meaning of moral language. According to expressivism, sentences that employ moral terms–for example, “It is wrong to torture an innocent human being”–are not descriptive or fact stating; moral terms such as… … Wikipedia
Glossary of philosophical isms — This is a list of topics relating to philosophy that end in ism . compactTOC NOTOC A * Absolutism – the position that in a particular domain of thought, all statements in that domain are either absolutely true or absolutely false: none is true… … Wikipedia
Cognitivism (ethics) — Cognitivism is the meta ethical view that ethical sentences express propositions and can therefore be true or false (they are truth apt), which noncognitivists deny.[1] Cognitivism is so broad a thesis that it encompasses (among other views)… … Wikipedia
