Expressivism, Inferentialism, and Saving the Debate

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 77 (2):334-358 (2008)
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This paper addresses the “creeping minimalism” challenge to quasi-realist forms of expressivism by arguing that the solution suggested by Dreier doesn’t work and proposing an alternative solution based on the different inferential roles of ethical and descriptive judgments.

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10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00194.x

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Truthmaking, Metaethics, and Creeping Minimalism.Jamin Asay - 2013 - Philosophical Studies 163 (1):213-232.

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Studies in the way of words.Herbert Paul Grice - 1989 - Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Principia ethica.George Edward Moore - 1903 - Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Edited by Thomas Baldwin.

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