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Charles Pigden

Disciplines:
philosophy of action
ethics/metaethics

Summary

New Zealand philosopher who has worked on Hume's is-ought gap, conspiracy theories, and metaethics.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the defense of Hume's is-ought gap against naturalistic attempts to derive ethical conclusions from purely factual premises. Has argued that conspiracy theories are not epistemically illegitimate — we should assess them case by case.

Notable Works & Achievements

Hume on Is and Ought

Conspiracy Theories

Historical Influences

David Hume Bertrand Russell

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Metaethics

Contemporaries & Peers

No recorded contemporaries.

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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