Revisiting Searle on Deriving "Ought" from "Is"
Editors: Di Lucia, Paolo, Fittipaldi, Edoardo (Eds.)
Free Preview- Includes a new and unpublished essay by John R. Searle
- Examines the Is/Ought question from the standpoints of semantics, pragmatics, the theory of constitutive rules, and legal theory
- Provides an in-depth exploration of the puzzles raised by Searle's chapter by leading international scholars
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- About this book
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This book reconsiders the supposed impossibility of deriving "Ought" from "Is". John R. Searle’s 1964 article How to Derive "Ought " from "Is’’ sent shockwaves through the philosophical community by offering a straightforward counterexample to this claim of impossibility: from your promising something- and this is an "is" - it simply follows that you "ought" to do it. This volume opens with a brand new chapter from Searle who, in light of his subsequent philosophical developments, expounds the reasons for the validity of that derivation and its crucial significance for social ontology and moral philosophy. Then, in a fresh interview with the editors of this volume, Searle explores a range of topics including how his derivation relates to constitutive rules, and how he views Wittgenstein’s philosophy, deontic logic, and the rationality of action.
The remainder of the volume is dedicated to a deep dive into Searle’s essay and its implications by international scholars with diverse backgrounds ranging from analytic philosophy, phenomenology, and logic, to moral philosophy and the philosophy and sociology of law. With thirteen original chapters, the contributors provide fresh and timely insights on hotly debated issues: the nature of "Ought"; the logical structure of the social world; and the possibility of deriving not only "Ought" from "Is", but "Is" from "Ought".
- About the authors
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Paolo Di Lucia is Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Milan, Italy. His research interests include the philosophy of normative language, social ontology, and philosophy of justice. His previous publications include Deontica in von Wright (1992), L’universale della promessa (1997), and Normatività. Diritto linguaggio azione (2003, Spanish translation 2009).
Edoardo Fittipaldi is Professor of Sociology of Law at the University of Milan, Italy. His research interests include the epistemology of social sciences, legal realisms, and social ontology. Among his books are Scienza del diritto e razionalismo critico. Il programma epistemologico di Hans Albert per la scienza e sociologia del diritto (2003) and Everyday Legal Ontology (2012).
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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How to Derive “Ought” from “Is” Revisited
Pages 3-16
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An Interview with John R. Searle
Pages 17-29
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Is and Ought: Where Does the Problem Lie?
Pages 33-57
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Searlean “Is” and “Ought” Revisited
Pages 59-87
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Some Remarks on Searle’s View on the Logic of Practical Reasoning
Pages 89-105
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Revisiting Searle on Deriving "Ought" from "Is"
- Editors
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- Paolo Di Lucia
- Edoardo Fittipaldi
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-54116-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-54116-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-54115-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVII, 344
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
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