Semantics for Reasons
Author | : Bryan R. Weaver |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2019-06-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780192568854 |
ISBN-13 | : 019256885X |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Semantics for Reasons is a book about what we mean when we talk about reasons. It not only brings together the theory of reasons and natural language semantics in original ways but also sketches out a litany of implications for metaethics and the philosophy of normativity. In their account of how the language of reasons works, Bryan R. Weaver and Kevin Scharp propose and defend a view called Question Under Discussion (QUD) Reasons Contextualism. They use this view to argue for a series of novel positions on the ontology of reasons, indexical facts, the reasons-to-be- rational debate, moral reasons, and the reasons-first approach.