Defining normativity
Book chapter
Finlay, Stephen. (2019). Defining normativity. In In D. Plunkett, S. J. Shapiro and K. Toh (Ed.). Dimensions of Normativity: New Essays on Metaethics and Jurisprudence pp. 187 - 219 Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190640408.003.0009
Authors | Finlay, Stephen |
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Editors | D. Plunkett, S. J. Shapiro and K. Toh |
Abstract | This chapter aims to clarify debate over the nature, existence, extension, and analyzability of normativity, by investigating whether different philosophers’ claims are about the same subject or (as argued by Derek Parfit) they are using the terms ‘normative’ and ‘normativity’ with different meanings. While it is suggested that the term may be multiply ambiguous, reasons are identified for optimism about a common subject-matter for metanormative theory. This is supported by sketching a special hybrid view of normative judgment, perspectivism, that occupies a position between cognitivism and noncognitivism, naturalism and nonnaturalism, objectivism and subjectivism. Three main fissures are explored: between (i) the “normativity” of language/thought versus that of facts and properties, (ii) abstract versus substantive normativity, and (iii) formal versus robust normativity. |
Keywords | definition of normativity; cognitivism; noncognitivism; formal normativity; robust normativity; Derek Parfit; metanormative theory; perspectivism; hybrid theory |
Page range | 187 - 219 |
Year | 2019 |
Book title | Dimensions of Normativity: New Essays on Metaethics and Jurisprudence |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Place of publication | New York, United States of America |
ISBN | 9780190640408 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190640408.003.0009 |
Research Group | Dianoia Institute of Philosophy |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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