Philosophy A-Level
Error theory
What Error theory means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Error theory
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The view that moral judgements purport to state objective facts but are systematically false because no such facts exist.
Topics that use Error theory
- 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
- Emotivism
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