Normativity all the way down: from normative realism to pannormism
Synthese May 10, 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s11229-017-1410-3 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues for "pannormism," the view that if something instantiates a metaphysically basic normative property F, then whatever grounds its being also instantiates F. The author contends that this position is analogous to panpsychism and that it offers a way for panpsychism to avoid its so-called combination problem. |
Abstract
In this paper, I will give an argument for what I call pannormism , the view according to which if x instantiates a metaphysically basic normative property F, then whatever grounds the being of x also instantiates F. In slogan form: if there is normativity, there is normativity all the way down. Such pannormism is in many ways analogous to panpsychism, and my discussion also contains an important lesson for panpsychism , a way to avoid its so-called combination problem . In Sect. 1 , I present the argument; in Sect. 2 , I discuss its conclusion.