Linguistic Revisionism in Contemporary Metaethics

Abstract

Metaethics of the late 20th and 21st century shows signs of revitalization. This is evident from the huge production of papers and books that deal with this discipline. However, hyperproduction does not necessarily mean quality. Modern has replaced its predecessor (emotivism), the question is how well. Their theoretical rivals, naturalists, are trying to levitate between the methodological assumptions and substantive claims. But contemporary expressivism and naturalism in metaethics have something in common: the idea of linguistic revision.

Metaetika s kraja 20. i početka 21. stoljeća pokazuje znakove revitalizacije. To se vidi iz ogromne produkcije tekstova i knjiga koji se bave ovom disciplinom. Međutim, hiperprodukcija ne mora značiti kvalitetu. Suvremeni ekspresivizam zamijenio je svog prethodnika (emotivizam), pitanje je samo koliko uspješno. Njihovi teorijski suparnici, naturalisti, pokušavaju levitirati između metodoloških pretpostavki i supstantivnih tvrdnji. Ali i suvremeni ekspresivizam i suvremeni naturalizam u metaetici imaju nešto zajedničko: ideju revizije jezika.