Search for dissertations about: "descriptivism"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word descriptivism.
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1. The Duality of Moral Language : On Hybrid Theories in Metaethics
Abstract : Moral language displays a characteristic duality. On the one hand, moral claims seem to be similar to descriptive claims: To say that an act is right (or wrong) seems to be a matter of making an assertion, thus indicating that the speaker has a moral belief about which she can be correct or mistaken. READ MORE
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2. Analyticity, Necessity and Belief : Aspects of two-dimensional semantics
Abstract : A glass couldn't contain water unless it contained H2O-molecules. Likewise, a man couldn't be a bachelor unless he was unmarried. Now, the latter is what we would call a conceptual or analytical truth. It's also what we would call a priori. READ MORE