WWW – Whiteboard Word Weactions
• For each of the following words, right the
keywords/terms that come into your mind as relevant.
• 1 - logical positivism
• 2 - ethical naturalism
• 3 – cognitive
• 4 - non-cognitive
• 5 – intuitionism
• 6 - prima facie
• 7 - analytic/synthetic
• 8 - Vienna circle members
• “Reason is and ought to be the slave of
passion.” David Hume
Emotivism
• Read on…C.L. Stevenson
emotivism in comparison with
Ayer’s
• LO s
• To understand the basic
foundations of the emotivism
of Ayer
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• To analyse how non-cognitive
emotivism stems from logical
positivism and is influenced by
Hume
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• To understand the relevance of
analytic and synthetic
statements (Hume’s fork) to
emotivism
A.J Ayer Influences
• Explain, using the
handout, the influence
on Ayer from logical
positivism and Hume.
How does he
depart/disagree/differ
from these.
• For LPs use textbook
and for Hume, use
quote on sheet
Emotivism
• Summary notes from Mayled 170-172. Should
include explanations of the following words…
• ayer, boo/hurrah, a quote, interpretation,
subjectivism, rachels, smarties
WWW
• WWW to the following words
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1 – ayer
2 - boo/hurrah
3 – subjectivism
4 – rachels
5 - smarties