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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Error Theory"”.
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Limited Revisionism and Error Theory
In Joyce's Myth of Morality, Joyce proposes an error theory about morality. He then argues that, once we accept an error theory, we have three options: we can be abolitionists and jettison moral discourse, be conservationists and maintain our false moral beliefs, or be revolutionary fictionalists …
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Error theory after J.L Mackie: Contemporary error theorists’ arguments
… be exploring the arguments in favour of moral error theory, which is the metaethical theory that refers to moral statements as erroneous. Error theory relies on the idea that moral statements aim towards the truth, but as there are no moral properties that exist, so moral statements are …
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A Defense of Mackie's Moral Error Theory: Essays on the Argument from Queerness and Formulation Problems
… of issues with Mackie's articulation of “moral error theory” have cast doubt on the view. This work defends two essential claims of moral error theory: the claim that moral facts would be queer, and that all moral claims would be false. In response to the claim that moral facts would be queer, …
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A reading of Nietzsche's Metaethics
… readings. It argues that Nietzsche held an error theory about moral value, but also that his metaethical stance with regards to other types of value is harder to characterize. A number of rival interpretations are also considered and rejected.
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Who's in power? : a comparative investigation of the forces shaping British and Danish energy policy, 1950-1980
… problem, it is concluded that a non-determinist theory is necessary in order to explain the observed changes. Taking as a starting point the trialand error theory of social change developed by V. C. Petersen, a framework for further analysis is presented.
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Naming without necessity
… here. In effect, what I offer here is an error theory of the Kripkean tradition: Kripke is right to think that there are interesting things to say about meaning and essence, but just wrong about what those things are. Thus whilst Kripke thinks that it is possible to make discoveries about …
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Second thoughts about double effect.
… rescue DDE from related problems. By way of an error theory for DDE, I maintain that intention is relevant to ethics in a different way than the one proposed by DDE. I conclude with two chapters in applied ethics. In the first of these I argue that DDE fails to explain why terrorism is …
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The Virtues of Ethnicity
Error theorists about race face a challenge from the occurrence of diseases and other health ailments that, appear, to be tracked by groups that are carved out by racial terms. If race does indeed allow us to make useful medical distinctions, then it would seem foolish or even a form of medical …
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Rethinking Thinking About Thinking: Against a Pedagogical Imperative to Cultivate Metacognitive Skills
… and empirical underpinnings are flimsy. The error theory I offer identifies two major factors that may foster belief in the efficacy of metacognitive training: <em>goalpost-shifting</em> around the objective of such efforts, and <em>motivated reasoning </em>in defense of the desirable …
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Language on Holiday and the Philosophy of Mind: A Linguistically Sensitive Approach to Phenomenal Consciousness, Pain, and Psychological Predicates
… taking seriously. Chapter 5 defends the Bodily Theory of pain, according to which pains are bodily occurrences located in an extra-cranial body part, which contrasts with the Experiential Theory, according to which pains are experiences located in the mind or brain. Chapter 6 discusses what a …
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Latent preconditions of medication administration errors: development of a proactive error-management tool
… calls for NHS research to learn from proactive error management techniques (EMTs) employed within other 'safety-critical' organisations (DOH 2000,2001). The aim of this research was to develop a valid and reliable proactive measure of latent organisational failures (EMT) for use in secondary …
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Modeling temporal perception
… I develop the model by pairing it with a theory of mental representation that distinguishes representation from indication, and explains how representations are source-independent isomorphs of their intended targets. In doing so, I demonstrate its comparative advantages over other …