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is-ought gap: a standalone construct

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Metaethics

the claim that no statement about what ought to be follows from statements of fact alone, challenged here through promising.

In metaethics, is-ought gap refers to the claim that no statement about what ought to be follows from statements of fact alone, challenged here through promising. This meaning comes from Searle (1964) in The Philosophical Review.[1]

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  1. Searle, J. R. (1964). How to Derive "Ought" From "Is". The Philosophical Review, 73(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.2307/2183201

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