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  • Thanks, but I don't call myself an agnostic; I am a theological non-cognitivist (sometimes called an "ignostic").

    Aiguy's Computer 2008

  • Two negative theses comprise the central common non-cognitivist claims, although often current theories only endorse them in qualified form.

    Boys in White Suits 2009

  • Schroeder (2008b, 2008c) suggests that the non-cognitivist may yet be able to make considerable headway with the logic of attitudes, but only if she is willing to accept some revisions to our pre-theoretic view of various matters.

    Boys in White Suits 2009

  • The resulting position will be a version of non-cognitivism so long as minimal truth conditions can be distinguished from more robust truth conditions, and so long as the negative non-cognitivist claims are construed in the more robust way (Stoljar 1993, 93).

    Boys in White Suits 2009

  • It can however complicate the task of constructing and adequate non-cognitivist theory, especially since it can impact the force of other objections as with the embedding problem and moral dilemmas noted above.

    Boys in White Suits 2009

  • But not every more moderate internalist principle will be easily explained by a corresponding non-cognitivist theory.

    Boys in White Suits 2009

  • It is, however, important to recognise that Bosanquet is not advancing a non-cognitivist or fideist view of religion, and that he maintains that both religious beliefs as a whole and particular religious beliefs must meet appropriate ˜rational™ standards.

    My Recycled Soul 2009

  • For example, if a non-cognitivist says the meaning of ˜Lying is wrong™ is explained by the suggestion that it serves to express disfavor towards lying in the way that ˜Boo lying!™ might, that does not seem to be a good explanation of what the very same words are doing when they are used in many embedded contexts.

    Boys in White Suits 2009

  • Here Bolzano's non-cognitivist (i.e., emotive and directive) interpretation of religious language is especially clear.

    Slices of Matisse gerard varni 2009

  • It can even be a controversial matter whether theories developed within the non-cognitivist tradition but modified to handle objections still deserve the label.

    Boys in White Suits 2009

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