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He was a large supporter of Emotivism, along with A. J. Ayer and Rudolf CarnapRudolf Carnap ( May 18, 1891 September 14, 1970) was a German philosopher. He was born in Ronsdorf and educated at the Gymnasium of Barmen and the University of Freiburg. At university he studied physics, mathematics and, under Bruno Bauch, philosophy.. In his The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms ( 1937Events January January 1 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours,), Persuasive Definitions ( 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai), and Ethics and Language ( 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin;), he developed a theory of Emotive meaning which he then used to provide a foundation for his theory of a Persuasive definitionA persuasive definition is a type of definition in which a term is defined in such a way as to be an argument for a particular position (as opposed to a lexical definition, which aims to be neutral to all usages), and is deceptive in that it has the surfa. He furthermore advanced emotivism as a meta-ethicalIn philosophy, ethics is commonly divided into two branches, normative ethics and meta-ethics . Normative ethics addresses questions such as "What actions are good and bad?" and "What should we do?" Thus, a theory of normative ethics will endorse some eth theory that sharply delineated between cognitive, scientific uses of language (used to state facts, give reasons, and subject to the laws of science) and non-cognitive (used to state feelings and exercise influence). Similar to the Hobbesian naturalistic approach to subjectivism, Stevenson considered moral judgments (statements about ethics) to be about one's feelings, useful only in influencing others.
His papers are collected in his 1963 book, Facts and Values BooksEnthsiast.com.