Non-cognitivism

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Philosophical position
Meta-ethical theory
gptkbp:contrastsWith Moral realism
Error theory
Ethical subjectivism
gptkbp:developedBy 20th century
gptkbp:field gptkb:Ethics
Meta-ethics
gptkbp:hasConcept Moral judgments are not truth-apt
Moral language is non-descriptive
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Non-cognitivism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Logical_positivism
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:A.J._Ayer
gptkb:R.M._Hare
gptkb:Charles_Stevenson
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Cognitivism
gptkbp:proposedBy Moral language expresses emotions or prescriptions
Moral statements cannot be true or false
Moral statements do not express propositions
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Emotivism
gptkb:Prescriptivism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Emotive_Theory_of_Ethics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7