The open-question argument is a philosophical argument put forward by British philosopher G. E. Moore in §13 of Principia Ethica (1903), to refute the...
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logic, begging the question or assuming the conclusion (Latin: petītiō principiī) is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the...
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verifiable solution, but which has not yet been solved Open-question argument, a philosophical argument put forward by British philosopher G. E. Moore Naturalistic...
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Expressivism (section Open question argument)
irrealist account for the truth of moral sentences. According to the open question argument (originally articulated by intuitionist and non-naturalist G. E...
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G. E. Moore (section Open-question argument)
argument for the indefinability of 'good' (and thus for the fallaciousness in the "naturalistic fallacy") is often termed the open-question argument;...
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and 590 nanometers, because yellow is all that and more, by the open question argument. Some people use the phrase, naturalistic fallacy or appeal to nature...
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factual statements. A similar view is defended by G. E. Moore's open-question argument, intended to refute any identification of moral properties with...
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challenged by critics, most notably through G.E. Moore’s "open-question argument," which questions whether moral properties can be fully explained in natural...
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Problem of universals (redirect from Question of universals)
Fred (2005). "The Open Question Argument: What It Isn't; and What It Is", Philosophical Issues vol. 15. The Open Question Argument: What it Isn’t; and...
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idea of a conscience. Moore also introduced what is called the open-question argument, a position he later rejected. Suppose a definition of "good" is...
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because moral properties are sui generis. This can be seen in Moore's open-question argument. In political philosophy, the unparalleled development of the European...
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Metaethics (section Metaethical questions)
priori awareness of moral properties or of moral truths. Moore's open question argument against what he considered the naturalistic fallacy was largely...
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ISBN 978-0-521-85356-9. Feldman (2005), p. 25. Feldman, Fred (2005). "The Open Question Argument: What It Isn't; and What It Is", Philosophical Issues 15, Normativity...
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confusing goodness with some natural property, and he deployed the Open Question Argument to show why this was an error. Unlike Prichard, Moore thought that...
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akin to other natural kinds like gold. An argument against reductionism is G. E. Moore's open question argument in metaethics, which has been adapted for...
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John Norman (category Articles with Open Library links)
naturalistic fallacy, with particular attention to the logic of an open question argument". Lange summed it up in an interview by saying "if one cannot make...
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Ethics (redirect from Moral questions)
Metaethics Sayre-McCord 2023, Lead section, § 4. Is/Ought and the Open Question Argument DeLapp, Lead section, § 6. Epistemological Issues in Metaethics...
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happiness". The underlying argument is that the question "Is what is good what maximizes happiness?" is an open question, unlike the question "Is what is good what...
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Infinite regress (redirect from The regress argument in epistemology)
often assumed without much argument that each infinite regress is vicious but this assumption has been put into question in contemporary philosophy....
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assumption. This is based on Worley's central arguments that there are two different kinds of open and closed questions: grammatical and conceptual. He argues...
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An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. The purpose of an argument...
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controversial open-question argument. This period is given in traditional sources. Some contemporary scholars have suggested later dates or questioned whether...
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The Philosophy of Freedom (section Ultimate Questions)
open question argument: though 'Though the action is felt to be free, is it free?' and thereby sidesteps the vexed and dubious libertarian argument for...
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(disambiguation) Open problem, or open question Open-question argument, a philosophical argument put forward by British philosopher G. E. Moore This disambiguation...
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argument is a deductive philosophical argument, made from an ontological basis, that is advanced in support of the existence of God. Such arguments tend...
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moral realism called ethical non-naturalism and is known for the open question argument and identifying the naturalistic fallacy, a major topic of investigation...
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teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal') also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument, is...
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God's commands. In a similar vein, G. E. Moore argued (with his open question argument) that the notion good is indefinable, and any attempts to analyze...
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Straw man (redirect from Strawman argument)
argument against Y were an argument against X. This reasoning is a fallacy of relevance: it fails to address the proposition in question by misrepresenting the...
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Existence of God (redirect from Argument against the existence of God)
article 3, question 2, first part of his Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas developed his five arguments for God's existence. These arguments are grounded...
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