Normativity and the Problem of Representation

Name: Normativity and the Problem of Representation
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Normativity and the Problem of RepresentationAuthor(s): Matthew S. Bedke, Stefan Sciaraffa\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032091266, 978-1032091266\nSynopsis\nThis book tackles questions which revolve around the representational purport (or lack thereof) of evaluative and normative claims.\n\nClaims about what we ought to do, what is best, what is justified, or simply what counts as a good reason for actionin other words, evaluative or normative claimsare familiar. But when we pause to ask what these claims mean and what we are doing when we use them, puzzles arise. Are there facts of the matter about what ought to be done, much like there are facts of the matter about mathematics or the natural world? If so, \""ought claims\"" are probably trying to represent the \""ought facts\"". Alternatively, perhaps there are no evaluative facts, in which case evaluative claims are either trying to represent facts which do n.