Cognitivity

Cognitivity in metaphilosophy refers to the extent to which philosophical theories or statements can be considered to have cognitive content, meaning they make a claim about the world that can be evaluated as true or false. This concept is related to the issue of whether philosophy can provide knowledge about the world, or whether its claims are purely conceptual or linguistic in nature.

Cognitivists argue that philosophy can provide knowledge and make objective claims about reality, while non-cognitivists argue that philosophy is limited to exploring concepts and language without making truth claims about the world. The debate over cognitivity has been a central issue in analytic philosophy and has influenced many different areas of philosophical inquiry.