Unbelievable errors : an error theory about all normative judgements / Bart Streumer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Streumer, Bart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Normativity (Ethics).

Judgment (Ethics).

Errors.

Ethics, Modern.

Metaethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 223 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

'Unbelievable Errors' defends an error theory about all normative judgements: not just moral judgements, but also judgements about reasons for action, judgements about reasons for belief, and instrumental normative judgements. This theory states that normative judgements are beliefs that ascribe normative properties, but that normative properties do not exist. It therefore entails that all normative judgements are false. Bart Streumer also argues, however, that we cannot believe this error theory.

Contents:

Epigraph

Preface

Acknowledgements

Copyright

I Normative Judgements and Properties

II The Reduction Argument

III Further Versions of the Reduction Argument

IV The False Guarantee and Regress Objections

V Further Defences of Realism

VI The Symmetry Objection

VII Further Views

VIII The Error Theory

IX Believing the Error Theory

X Reason to Believe the Error Theory

XI Objections, Rejection, Revision

XII Effects, Parallels, Progress

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 22, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

0-19-108895-1

0-19-184807-7