Wittgenstein and the shift from noncognitivism to cognitivism in ethics

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-399

  Loobuyck, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antifoundationalism; History of metaethics; Noncognitivism cognitivism; Wittgenstein

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249157644     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2005.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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