Abstract
This paper proves a precisification of Hume’s Law—the thesis that one cannot get an ought from an is—as
an instance of a more general theorem which establishes several other
philosophically interesting, though less controversial, barriers to
logical consequence.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Journal of Philosophical Logic |
Volume | First Online |
Early online date | 24 Nov 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 24 Nov 2021 |
Keywords
- Hume’s Law
- Barriers to entailment
- Philosophical logic
- Invalidity
- Logical consequence