Problems with Searle’s Derivation?
Philosophia 39 (3):571-580 (2011)
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In his paper, How to Derive ‘Ought’ From ‘Is,’ John R. Searle made a valiant attempt to derive an ought-statement from purely descriptive statements. In a recent issue of Philosophia, Scott Hill has offered criticisms of that proposed derivation. I argue that Hill has not established any errors in Searle's proposed derivationAuthor's Profile
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Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.John Rogers Searle - 1969 - Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language.William P. Alston - 1970 - Philosophical Quarterly 20 (79):172-179.
How to Derive Ought from Is.John Searle - 1964 - In James Rachels (ed.), Ethical Theory 1: The Question of Objectivity. Oxford University Press.
