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80On The Validity of a Simple Argument for Moral Error TheoryInternational Journal of Philosophical Studies 24 (4): 508-517. 2016.In The Myth of Morality Richard Joyce presents a simple and very influential argument for the truth of moral error theory. In this paper I point out that the argument does not have the form Joyce attributes to it, the argument is not valid in an extensional propositional logic and on the most natural way of explicating the meanings of the involved terms, it remains invalid. I conclude that more explanation is needed if we are to accept this particular argument for moral error theory.
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29Etchemendy on Squeezing Arguments and Logical Consequence: a Reply to GriffithsPhilosophia 46 (4): 803-816. 2018.Owen Griffiths has recently argued that Etchemendy’s account of logical consequence faces a dilemma. Etchemendy claims that we can be sure that his account does not overgenerate, but that we should expect it to undergenerate. Griffiths argues that if we define the relationship between formal and natural language as being dependent on logical consequence, then Etchemendy’s claims are not true; and if we define the relationship as being independent of logical consequence, then we cannot assess the…Read more
Victoria University of Wellington
School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations
PhD, 2015
Areas of Specialization
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
Logical Semantics and Logical Truth |
Areas of Interest
Metaphilosophy |
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
Meta-Ethics |
Philosophy of Mathematics |