Philosophy A-Level
Realism versus anti-realism
What Realism versus anti-realism means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Realism holds that mind-independent moral facts exist, while anti-realist positions such as emotivism treat moral utterances as expressions of attitude rather than reports of fact.
Topics that use Realism versus anti-realism
- 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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