The nature of normativity

Abstract

The semantics of normative thought and discourse – Thinking about what ought to be – Expressivism – Causal theories and conceptual analyses – Conceptual role semantics – Context and the logic of ‘ought’ – The metaphysics of normative facts – The metaphysical issues – The normativity of the intentional – Irreducibility and causal efficacy – Non-reductive naturalism – The epistemology of normative belief – The status of normative intuitions – Disagreement and the a priori