Journal article
Artifactual normativity
- Abstract:
- A central tension shaping metaethical inquiry is that normativity appears to be subjective yet real, where it’s difficult to reconcile these aspects. On the one hand, normativity pertains to our actions and attitudes. On the other, normativity appears to be real in a way that precludes it from being a mere figment of those actions and attitudes. In this paper, I argue that normativity is indeed both subjective and real. I do so by way of treating it as a special sort of artifact, where artifacts are mind-dependent yet nevertheless can carve at the joints of reality. In particular, I argue that the properties of being a reason and being valuable for are grounded in attitudes yet are still absolutely structural.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 744.1KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/s11229-022-03621-1
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- Publisher:
- Springer
- Journal:
- Synthese More from this journal
- Volume:
- 200
- Issue:
- 2
- Article number:
- 126
- Publication date:
- 2022-04-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-11-23
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-0964
- ISSN:
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0039-7857
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2092046
- Local pid:
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pubs:2092046
- Deposit date:
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2025-02-25
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- Copyright holder:
- Christopher Frugé
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2022.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03621-1
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