Ideal Observer Theories of Ethics The ideal observer theory (IOT) offers an account of the truth/objectivity of moral judgments in terms of the approval or disapproval of an ideal observer. The theory receives explicit treatment by Adam Smith and Henry...

. View or views which claim that what appear to be objective truths or rules in certain spheres, notably ethics, are really disguised commands or expressions of attitude, etc., e.g. ‘Lying is wrong’ would be regarded not as stating an...

A moral philosophical approach emanating from the person. In its simplest form, all moral values are regarded as a matter of personal...

Emotive Theory of Ethics The term emotivism refers to a theory about moral judgments, sentences, words, and speech acts; it is sometimes also extended to cover aesthetic and other nonmoral forms of evaluation. Although sometimes used to refer to the...

Subjectivism is a philosophical tenet that accords primacy to subjective experience as fundamental of all measure and law. In an extreme form, it may hold that the nature and existence of every object depends solely on someone's subjective awareness of...

1. A new wave of subjectivism in the theory of pictorial art began around forty years ago; and since then it has gathered pace in tandem with changing fashions in the philosophy of mind. The initial impetus was provided by the publication of...

Beiser, Frederick C. German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2002. 726 pp. $59.95 hardcover. One might well call these two decades of German philosophy the night in which all cows are black. It is nearly incredible that such...

The exhibition called Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art, organized by Marc Glimcher for the PaceWildenstein Galleries, has come and gone, but it has left in its wake an encyclopedic catalog that's likely to remain a standard work of reference for a long time....