Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Empiricist View of Religion' and 'Moral Arguments'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

18946

Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature

22375

Moral judgements need more than the relevant facts, if the same facts lead to 'x is good' and 'x is bad' [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

22378

We can't affirm a duty without saying why it matters if it is not performed [Foot]

22377

Whether someone is rude is judged by agreed criteria, so the facts dictate the value [Foot]

22376

Facts and values are connected if we cannot choose what counts as evidence of rightness [Foot]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / b. Religious Meaning

1468	If meaning is use, then religious sentences have meaning because they are used to assert an intention about how to live [Braithwaite, by PG]