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The Fact/Value Dichotomy

Hilary Putnam “On the Blade’s Edge”z`

Author(s): Anna Ivanova
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, Contemporary Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: fact/value dichotomy; value judgments; scientific objectivity; pragmatism

Summary/Abstract: The article explores Hilary Putnam’s analysis of the distinction between factual and value judgments. The topics discussed relate to the main arguments against the non- cognitivist, emotivist interpretation of value claims. Hilary Putnam’s contribution is evaluated in the light of the problem of scientific objectivity, and his notion of “objectivity without objects” is supported from within the context of pragmatist philosophy

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 84-91
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English, Bulgarian