Journal article
The error condition
- Abstract:
- The possibility of error conditions the possibility of normative principles. I argue that extant interpretations of this condition undermine the possibility of normative principles for our action because they implicitly treat error as a perfection of an action. I then explain how a constitutivist metaphysics of capacities explains why error is an imperfection of an action. Finally, I describe and defend the interpretation of the error condition which follows.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Canadian Journal of Philosophy Journal website
- Volume:
- 50
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 34-48
- Publication date:
- 2019-10-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-05-23
- DOI:
- EISSN:
-
1911-0820
- ISSN:
-
0045-5091
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
-
pubs:1003028
- UUID:
-
uuid:67fdb413-e98c-4720-b7bf-4d854a7cf816
- Local pid:
- pubs:1003028
- Source identifiers:
-
1003028
- Deposit date:
- 2019-05-25
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Jeremy Fix
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Canadian Journal of Philosophy
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2019.14
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