expressivist

English

Etymology

From expressive +‎ -ist.

Adjective

expressivist (not comparable)

1. (ethics) Pertaining to or advocating expressivism, the doctrine that the primary function of moral sentences and sensation sentences (like "I am in pain") is to express an evaluative attitude, rather than stating a fact
   • 2007 May 26, Michael Rubin, “Sound intuitions on Moral Twin Earth”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:

     Since cognitivism is already a commitment of SEN, I see no harm in assuming it so long as we keep in mind that one possible lesson of MTE is that the content of moral predicates is [primarily] non-cognitive or expressivist.

Related terms

• expressivistic

Noun

expressivist (plural expressivists)

1. (ethics) An advocate of expressivism