Command and consequence

Philosophical Studies 164 (1):61-92 (2013)
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An argument is usually said to be valid iff it is truth-preserving—iff it cannot be that all its premises are true and its conclusion false. But imperatives (it is normally thought) are not truth-apt. They are not in the business of saying how the world is, and therefore cannot either succeed or fail in doing so. To solve this problem, we need to find a new criterion of validity, and I aim to propose such a criterion

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Josh Parsons
PhD: Australian National University; Last affiliation: University of Otago

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