Blackburn, Simon - Essays in Quasi-Realism

In many of these essays the main protagonist is a figure I christened the 'quasirealist'. Two routes led to this persona. One is familiar to every student of moral philosophy. There everyone learns of philosophers who take a 'nondescriptive' or non-representational view of our commitments, seeing them instead as serving some other function, such as expressing attitude, endorsing prescriptions, or, in general, putting pressure on choice and action.