Moore’s paradox in belief and desire

• Main Author: WILLIAMS, John N.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Moore; paradox; Belief; Desire; Norms; Absurdity; Irrationality; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1362; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-013-0189-1
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Is there a Moore’s paradox in desire? I give a normative explanation of the epistemic irrationality, and hence absurdity, of Moorean belief that builds on Green and Williams’ normative account of absurdity. This explains why Moorean beliefs are normally irrational and thus absurd, while some Moorean...