cognitivistn.adj.
/ˈkɒɡnɪtɪvɪst/ Philosophy.
A. n.
One who holds that moral judgements are true or false statements about moral facts.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > cognitivism and its adherents
cognitivist1952
cognitivism1978
1952 Mind 61 548 The disagreements among cognitivists seem to be even greater.
1982 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Dec. 1354/3 The cognitivist might argue that authority ought to fall into the hands of those who know what men ought to do.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to such a belief.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [adjective] > of other theories, etc.
Shaftesburian1752
non-inductive1844
inductive1861
imperativist1921
Weberian1925
factualist1933
situationalist1942
prescriptive1946
cognitivist1952
prescriptivist1954
1952 Mind 61 548 One plausible interpretation of the cognitivist thesis.
Derivatives
ˈcognitivism n. the views ascribed to a cognitivist.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > moral philosophy > [noun] > cognitivism and its adherents
cognitivist1952
cognitivism1978
1978 B. Rosen Strategies of Ethics i. 9 A form of cognitivism, moral judgments as contingent truths.
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n.adj.1952