The Is-Ought Problem : An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

G. Schurz

ISBN 10: 9048147956 / ISBN 13: 9789048147953

Published by Springer, Springer, 2010

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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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• Title: The Is-Ought Problem : An Investigation in Philosophical Logic
• Publisher: Springer, Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048147956
• ISBN 13: 9789048147953
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 19D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 528 grams

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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.

Review

`... anyone interested in deontic logic should benefit from the insights of this book. ... the work is clearly written and excellently edited.'
History and Philosophy of Logic, 19 (1998)