Alan Thomas presents an original study of the status of value and its relation to the contexts in which evaluative claims are justified. He articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge, but that it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. His exposition of a 'cognitivist contextualism' in ethics and politics builds upon contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory to fashion an argument that is relevant to current debates about culture, modernity, and relativism.
| ISBN: | 9780198250173 |
| Publication date: | 27th July 2006 |
| Author: | Alan Thomas |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 347 pages |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Ethics and moral philosophy Social and political philosophy |
Alan Thomas presents an original study of the status of value and its relation to the contexts in which evaluative claims are justified. He articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge, but that it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not.
Value and Context features in the following genres: Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy
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Value and Context was written by Alan Thomas and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Value and Context has 347 pages
£35.99, reduced from £39.99. Not Available.