Humberstone on Ayer’s Emotivism
Humberstone on Ayer’s Emotivism
Author(s): Jeremiah Joven JoaquinSubject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Logic, Analytic Philosophy
Published by: Filozofický ústav SAV
Keywords: Classical logic; dual content; emotivism; ordinary logic; transparent semantics.
Summary/Abstract: In The Connectives, Lloyd Humberstone offers an interpretation of A. J. Ayer’s emotivism using W. S. Cooper’s semantics for ordinary logic. In this discussion note, I argue that this proposed interpretation fails to stay true to Ayer’s view.
Journal: Organon F
- Issue Year: 29/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 427-433
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
