Almost everyone who accepts emotivism bases it on logical positivism and a general scientific attitude toward the world.
Almost everyone who accepts emotivism bases it on logical positivism and a general scientific attitude toward the world.
Ima's boyfriend cares nothing about logical positivism or science. He accepts emotivism because making "good" emotional brings it closer to the realm of poetry (his true love) -- and away from "cold, impersonal science."
Philosophers today have almost universally abandoned logical positivism. But many philosophers continue to prefer emotivism, because they see it as a simpler view that explains more of the facts about morality.
Almost everyone who accepts emotivism bases it on logical positivism and a general scientific attitude toward the world.
Ima's boyfriend cares nothing about logical positivism or science. He accepts emotivism because making "good" emotional brings it closer to the realm of poetry (his true love) -- and away from "cold, impersonal science."
Philosophers today have almost universally abandoned logical positivism. But many philosophers continue to prefer emotivism, because they see it as a simpler view that explains more of the facts about morality.