Trends in Logic: An Investigation in Philosophical Logic

Schurz, G.

Can OUGHT be derived from IS? This book presents an investigation of this time-honored problem by means of alethic-deontic predicate logic. New in this study is the leitmotif of relevance: is-ought inferences indeed exist, but they are all irrelevant in a precise logical sense. New proof techniques establish this result for very broad classes of logics. A profound philosophical analysis of is-ought bridge principles supplements the logical study. The final results imply incisive limitations for the justifiability of ethics as opposed to empirical science.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 1997-02-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780792344100

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-3375-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 332