 First edition | |
| Author | C. L. Stevenson |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Emotivism |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publication date | 1944 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 338 |
Ethics and Language is a 1944 book by C. L. Stevenson which was influential in furthering the metaethical view of emotivism first espoused by A. J. Ayer. [1] [2]
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1883.
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Emotivism is a meta-ethical view that claims that ethical sentences do not express propositions but emotional attitudes. Hence, it is colloquially known as the hurrah/boo theory. Influenced by the growth of analytic philosophy and logical positivism in the 20th century, the theory was stated vividly by A. J. Ayer in his 1936 book Language, Truth and Logic, but its development owes more to C. L. Stevenson.
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