Confusion of Tongues: A Theory of Normative Language
Author:   Stephen Finlay (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California)
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   08 December 2016
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Author:   Stephen Finlay (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern California)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780190649630


ISBN 10:   0190649631
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   08 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. A Good Word to Start With Chapter 3. The Probable Meaning of 'Ought' Chapter 4. Explaining Reasons Chapter 5. Pragmatics and Practicality Chapter 6. Multiple Ends Chapter 7. Categorical and Final Chapter 8. A Disagreeable Problem Chapter 9. Conclusion

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Stephen Finlay has made an indispensable contribution to our understanding of normative, evaluative, and moral language...his broadly relativist approach offers an intellectually appealing alternative The Philosophers' Magazine This is a book that anyone with an interest in metaethics ought to read, and I recommend it very highly. Analysis Stephen Finlay's Confusion of Tongues (COT) is an ambitious book. Its first half advances a unifying semantics for normative words, including 'good', 'ought', and 'reason'. In the second half, he argues that this semantics, combined with a single pragmatic principle, can explain the uses of such expressions of special interest to ethicists. COT's engagement with these topics is rich and complex. Mind


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Stephen Finlay is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He is the author of a number of articles on metaethics and moral psychology. Originally from New Zealand, he lives in Pomona, California with his wife and three daughters.

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