If 'ought' implies 'can know what to do', then Moore's unknowability claim does not resolve the contradiction but instead reveals that his framework lacks a coherent single standard of rightness.
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contradiction(Relevant to distinguishing contradictions from false contingent statements in the logic student variant of the preface paradox.)
A statement that is necessarily false in all interpretations; in this context, specifically the negation of a tautology or any falsehood drawn from a list containing only tautologies and contradictions.
framework(Carnap's philosophy of language and logic)
A structured system of rules or language that must be in place for rational discourse to be possible.
implies(as used in logic and argumentation)
In philosophy, this means 'logically requires' or 'necessarily leads to'—if one thing is true, the other must also be true.
ought(Deontic logic and normative theory)
A strict (all-or-nothing) deontic modal, treated as a propositional operator