b. 1966
Ralph Wedgwood is a contemporary British analytic philosopher specializing in metaethics, epistemology, and the theory of practical reason. He has made significant contributions to debates about the nature of normative and evaluative facts, rationality, and the logic of 'ought'. His work examines how reasons and obligations relate to agents across time and circumstances.
Developed an influential account of the nature of normativity grounded in ideal rationality
Contributed to debates on temporal indexicality of obligations and prospective vs. retrospective 'ought'
Advanced the fitting-attitudes analysis of value in metaethics
Authored 'The Nature of Normativity' (2007), a systematic treatment of normative concepts
Contributed to epistemology through work on rational belief and the enkrasia requirement