VALUE AND SCALE: SOME OBSERVATIONS AND A PROPOSAL

• Authors: Soria-Ruiz Andrés
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, I investigate the scalar semantics of evaluative adjective in general and of good in particular. Lassiter (2017) has argued that good, when taking propositions as arguments, has an interval scale. I argue that there’s evidence in support of the view that good, when taking individuals as an argument, has a scale that is stronger than interval, but weaker than ratio. In particular, I propose that individual-level good has a “round” ratio scale, which allows a broader set of ratio transformations than standard ratio scales. This conclusion is consistent with the fact that good admits round ratio modifiers (twice as good), but eschews precise ones (# 1.38x as good). An important consequence of this view is that the scales of individual and propositional-level good are severed.

Keywords

EN

EVALUATIVE ADJECTIVES; SCALAR SEMANTICS; METAETHICS

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 596 – 625

Contributors

author

Soria-Ruiz Andrés

• Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide 1099-085 Lisboa, Portugal

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2021.28306