Search for dissertations about: "speaker relativism"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words speaker relativism.

  2. 1. Metaethical Relativism: Against the Single Analysis Assumption

    Author : Ragnar Francén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral relativism; metaethical relativism; speaker relativism; appraiser;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the plausibility of metaethical relativism, or more specifically, what I call “moral truth-value relativism”: the idea that the truth of a moral statement or belief depends on who utters or has it, or who assesses it. According to the most prevalent variants of this view in philosophical literature – “standard relativism” – the truth-values are relative to people’s moralities, often understood as some subset of their affective or desire- like attitudes. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sense and Sensibility : Four Essays on Evaluative Discourse

    Author : Nils Franzén; Matti Eklund; Andreas Stokke; Pekka Väyrynen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : aesthetics; aesthetic language; evaluative language; expressivism; Allan Gibbard; R.M. Hare; David Hume; John MacFarlane. metaethics; moral language; philosophy of language; predicates of personal taste; relativism; speech-acts; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : The subject of this thesis is the nature of evaluative terms and concepts. It investigates various phenomena that distinguish evaluative discourse from other types of language use. READ MORE