Ayer's logical positivism says "All truth claims are either empirical or analytic." Ayer was convinced that moral judgments were neither empirical nor analytic. He concluded that moral judgments aren't truth claims.
Ayer's logical positivism says "All truth claims are either empirical or analytic." Ayer was convinced that moral judgments were neither empirical nor analytic. He concluded that moral judgments aren't truth claims.
This was his reasoning.
Ayer further reasoned that moral judgments, since they aren't truth claims, must be expressions of feeling. Thus logical positivism led Ayer to emotivism.
Ayer's logical positivism says "All truth claims are either empirical or analytic." Ayer was convinced that moral judgments were neither empirical nor analytic. He concluded that moral judgments aren't truth claims.
This was his reasoning.
Ayer further reasoned that moral judgments, since they aren't truth claims, must be expressions of feeling. Thus logical positivism led Ayer to emotivism.