Philosophy A-Level
Emotivism
What Emotivism means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Ayer's non-cognitivist view that moral language expresses feelings and influences the attitudes and behaviour of others, having emotive rather than descriptive meaning.
The view that moral judgements are not truth-apt but express emotion rather than state facts.
Topics that use Emotivism
- Meta-ethics (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Argument from queerness
- Argument from relativity
- Belief versus desire/passion
- Cognitivism
- Cognitivism and truth-aptness
- Descriptive versus normative language
- Emotion and attitudes as a source of moral principles
- Error theory
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