Alex Silk (Birmingham): Hybrid expressivism in metanormative theory: Why, or why not?

Alex Silk is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, and will be giving the first paper of Trinity Term: “Hybrid expressivism in metanormative theory: Why, or why not?”.

Abstract:

Various authors have explored the fruits of developing an expressivist account of legal discourse and thought by drawing on parallel developments of expressivism in metaethics. Prominent in the metaethical case has been to develop a “hybrid” theory that combines expressivism with cognitivism. This talk critically examines the prospects for pursuing an analogous hybrid cognitivist expressivist theory of certain statements about the law. I raise challenges for implementations which model normative uses of “thin” terms on expressives such as pejoratives. Several ways of developing the view are considered.

This seminar takes place online, via Teams, at 5:00pm on Tuesday 29 April. (Please note the different day; we will still have our usual in-person seminar on Thursday 1 May).

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Pre-reading is desirable and strongly suggested, but not a requirement to attend.

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