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Vagaries of value : basic issues in value theory / Nicholas Rescher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rescher, Nicholas, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Values.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 142 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1 On Evaluation 1
- 2 The Rationality of Values and Evaluations (Against the Humean Conception of Reason) 7
- 3 Is Reasoning about Values Viciously Circular? 31
- 4 The Fallacy of Respect Neglect 43
- 5 Multiaspectival Evaluation 53
- 6 On the Evaluation of Claims and Assertions 71
- 7 On Excellence 75
- 8 Levels of Optimality (Best for Me versus Best for Us) 95
- 9 Axiological Neutrality (Value Exclusion [Wertfreiheit] and Value Neutrality in Science) 109
- 10 On World Improvement 121.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781412854603
- 1412854601
- OCLC:
- 871684301
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