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cognitivist, n. (and a.) Philos.|ˈkɒgnɪtɪvɪst|
[f. cognitive a. + -ist.]
A. n. One who holds that moral judgements are true or false statements about moral facts.
B. attrib. or as adj. Of or pertaining to such a belief. Hence ˈcognitivism, the views ascribed to a cognitivist.
1952Mind LXI. 548 The disagreements among cognitivists seem to be even greater. Ibid., One plausible interpretation of the cognitivist thesis. 1978B. Rosen Strategies of Ethics i. 9 A form of cognitivism, moral judgments as contingent truths. 1982Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Dec. 1354/3 The cognitivist might argue that authority ought to fall into the hands of those who know what men ought to do. |