A normative animal: Norm and form of life from a Wittgensteinian perspective
Fasula, Pierre
A normative animal: Norm and form of life from a Wittgensteinian perspective - 2025.
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Why obey a norm? What does normativity consist of? What is the origin of normativity? The Wittgensteinian notion of the “normative animal” helps dispel the confusion surrounding these questions, particularly by criticizing the idea of the emergence of norms, as developed by Maurizio Ferraris, among others. A normative status is conferred on an act or a practice, and reality provides us with reasons to follow or not follow this norm. Furthermore, it allows for a critique of the explanation of the existence of norms through our form of life, as Christine Korsgaard argues: The aim is, in fact, to relocate norms within our forms of life, to make them a feature of our form of life.
A normative animal: Norm and form of life from a Wittgensteinian perspective - 2025.
9
Why obey a norm? What does normativity consist of? What is the origin of normativity? The Wittgensteinian notion of the “normative animal” helps dispel the confusion surrounding these questions, particularly by criticizing the idea of the emergence of norms, as developed by Maurizio Ferraris, among others. A normative status is conferred on an act or a practice, and reality provides us with reasons to follow or not follow this norm. Furthermore, it allows for a critique of the explanation of the existence of norms through our form of life, as Christine Korsgaard argues: The aim is, in fact, to relocate norms within our forms of life, to make them a feature of our form of life.
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