| 单词 |
imperativism |
| 释义 |
imperativism Philos.|ɪmˈpɛrətɪvɪz(ə)m|
[f. imperative a. and n. + -ism 2.]
Reasoning based on the concept of obligation contained in the imperative mood (see imperative a. 1 a and 1 b). Hence imˈperativist, one who bases his reasoning on a concept of obligation; as adj., of or pertaining to reasoning based on such a concept.
1926R. B. Perry Gen. Theory of Value iii. 79 They have been driven to adopt a metaphysical ‘voluntarism’ or ‘imperativism’. 1950S. E. Toulmin Exam. Place of Reason in Ethics iv. xiii. 189 The ‘imperativist’ is prepared to consider the present account because it represents for him a sophisticated imperative theory. 1952Mind LXI. 96 The imperativist analysis of moral indicatives cannot be correct. 1960Philos. of Sci. XXVII. 374 This exposure tells against the ‘imperativist’ interpretation of law-sentences. 1963W. Sellars in Castañeda & Nakhnikian Morality & Lang. of Conduct 163 A rough approximation to more sophisticated analyses of the imperativist type. 1965Philos. Rev. LXXIV. 108 It is Zink, and not the regiment of imperativists, emotivists,..and noncognitivists, who is faithful to the insights of Moore and Wittgenstein. |
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