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Did Putnam provedprove Hume wrong about the impossiblity of groundgrounds for ethical claims?

Is well known Hume's argument in A treatise of Human NatureA Treatise of Human Nature that we can't derive normative judgments from descriptive statements is well known. Recently one of my teachers said that Putnam proved Hume wrong by showing that ethical judgments are in fact connected with cognitive judgements and therefore it is possible to have solid grounds for some ethical claims.

Not knowing much about Putnam I ask here, did Putnam actually show that?, what What is the general opinion in the philosophical community about Putnam's works on ethics?

Did Putnam proved Hume wrong about the impossiblity of ground for ethical claims?

Is well known Hume's argument in A treatise of Human Nature that we can't derive normative judgments from descriptive statements. Recently one of my teachers said that Putnam proved Hume wrong showing that ethical judgments are in fact connected with cognitive judgements and therefore it is possible to have solid grounds for some ethical claims.

Not knowing much about Putnam I ask here, did Putnam actually show that?, what is the general opinion in the philosophical community about Putnam's works on ethics?

Did Putnam prove Hume wrong about the impossiblity of grounds for ethical claims?

Hume's argument in A Treatise of Human Nature that we can't derive normative judgments from descriptive statements is well known. Recently one of my teachers said that Putnam proved Hume wrong by showing that ethical judgments are in fact connected with cognitive judgements and therefore it is possible to have solid grounds for some ethical claims.

Not knowing much about Putnam I ask here, did Putnam actually show that? What is the general opinion in the philosophical community about Putnam's works on ethics?

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Did Putnam proved Hume wrong about the impossiblity of ground for ethical claims?

Is well known Hume's argument in A treatise of Human Nature that we can't derive normative judgments from descriptive statements. Recently one of my teachers said that Putnam proved Hume wrong showing that ethical judgments are in fact connected with cognitive judgements and therefore it is possible to have solid grounds for some ethical claims.

Not knowing much about Putnam I ask here, did Putnam actually show that?, what is the general opinion in the philosophical community about Putnam's works on ethics?