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The Presumption of RealismPhilosophical Studies 181 (5). 2024.Within contemporary metaethics, it is widely held that there is a “presumption of realism” in moral thought and discourse. Anti-realist views, like error theory and expressivism, may have certain theoretical considerations speaking in their favor, but our pretheoretical stance with respect to morality clearly favors objectivist metaethical views. This article argues against this widely held view. It does so by drawing from recent discussions about so-called “subjective attitude verbs” in linguis…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Teleological Accounts of Mental Content |
Moral Naturalism |
Content Internalism and Externalism |
Rationality |
Fiction |