Value and Scale: Some Observations and a Proposal

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...

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Autor principal:	Andrés Soria-Ruiz
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Publicado:	Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 2021
Materias:	evaluative adjectives scalar semantics metaethics Philosophy (General) B1-5802
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2021.28306 https://doaj.org/article/ed57e37eca39470695566f9853faa55b
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ed57e37eca39470695566f9853faa55b2021-11-30T16:20:51ZValue and Scale: Some Observations and a Proposalhttps://doi.org/10.31577/orgf.2021.283061335-06682585-7150https://doaj.org/article/ed57e37eca39470695566f9853faa55b2021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/09211835orgf.2021.28306.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1335-0668https://doaj.org/toc/2585-7150In 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 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.Andrés Soria-RuizInstitute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciencesarticleevaluative adjectivesscalar semanticsmetaethicsPhilosophy (General)B1-5802CSENSKOrganon F, Vol 28, Iss 3, Pp 596-625 (2021)
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description	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 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.
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Value and Scale: Some Observations and a Proposal

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