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![]() | Millgram, Elijah | Thick ethical concepts and the fact-value distinction | Over the last few years, the ‘fact-value distinction' (FVD) has become increasingly unfashionable, due in part to a number of arguments adduced against it. I myself do not believe the FVD can be maintained, and I think there are good arguments against it. But I have my doubts about the cogency of... | Philosophy;; Ethics | 1995 |
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![]() | Millgram, Elijah | Was Hume a Humean? | When it comes to talking about practical reasoning, "Humean" is a synonym for "instrumentalist." That is, a "Humean" view of practical reasoning is one on which only means-end reasoning directed toward satisfying antecedently given desires counts as practical reasoning at all. Witness, for instance... | Humean; Humeanism | 1995 |