Is Gibbard a Realist?

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Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 1 (2):1-18 (2005)
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In Thinking How to Live, Allan Gibbard claims that expressivists can vindicate realism about moral discourse. This paper argues that Gibbard’s expressivism does not provide such a vindication.

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Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics.David Owen Brink - 1989 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Virtue and reason.John McDowell - 1979 - The Monist 62 (3):331-50.

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