Hume's Guillotine: The Is-Ought Problem [Useful conceptual heuristics and tools for thought/critical thinking]

21 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments rhyzom $0.03

This one is I believe particularly relevant and quite the scourge in many ways. Also known as the "is-ought problem" and first articulated by Scottish philosopher David Hume, it states that many claims are made about what ought to be, based on statem...