Two sorts of constitutivism
Some things, but only some things, are by nature subject to standards. Why? I explain a constitutivist answer to this question in terms of certain genera possessing essential properties which their particulars can possess or lack. When something is by nature subject to a standard, it is so subject b...
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| Format: | Journal article |
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Wiley
2019
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| Summary: | Some things, but only some things, are by nature subject to standards. Why? I explain a
constitutivist answer to this question in terms of certain genera possessing essential properties which
their particulars can possess or lack. When something is by nature subject to a standard, it is so subject
because it is a particular of a genus with such properties, and it is subject to a standard with respect to
those very properties. I then explain the account of the nature and structure of normativity which
follows. |
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