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quasi-realism

quasi-realism noun: the noncognitivist metaethical view that although ethical sentences do not express propositions (and thus cannot be true or false), they nevertheless project emotional attitudes as though this could be the case.

Noun

quasi-realism (uncountable)

  1. The noncognitivist metaethical view that although ethical sentences do not express propositions (and thus cannot be true or false), they nevertheless project emotional attitudes as though this could be the case.

Forms of quasi-realism

alternative formquasirealism

Origin of quasi-realism

From quasi- + realism. From an attempt to reconcile the merits of the noncognitivist (or antirealist) view with the everyday perception of ethical statements having truth values.

Questions about quasi-realism

What does quasi-realism mean?
Quasi-realism means the noncognitivist metaethical view that although ethical sentences do not express propositions (and thus cannot be true or false), they nevertheless project emotional attitudes as though this could be the case.
What part of speech is quasi-realism?
Quasi-realism is a noun.

Words near quasi-realism in the dictionary

  1. quasi-probabilities
  2. quasi-probability
  3. quasi-projective
  4. quasi-pseudo-metrizability
  5. quasi-pseudo-metrizable
  6. quasi-realism
  7. quasi-rent
  8. quasi-rents
  9. quasi-reorganization
  10. quasi-reorganizations
  11. quasi-rhyme

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