Value Matters : : Studies in Axiology /

Value Matters : : Studies in Axiology / / Nicholas Rescher.

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For many years value theory has figured high on the agenda of my interests, a fact attested by Introduction to Value Theory published by Prentice Hall in 1969. This interest has continued in recent years inter alia, finding earlier expressions in the articles constituting chapters 2-4 of the present...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Philosophy 2000 - 2014
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Rescher, Nicholas,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
©2004
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Practical Philosophy , 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (140 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY
  • Table of Contents
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1. BY THE STANDARDS OF THEIR DAY
  • Chapter 2. ON THE IMPORT AND RATIONALE OF VALUE ATTRIBUTION
  • Chapter 3. NOMIC HIERARCHIES AND PROBLEMS OF RELATIVISM
  • Chapter 4. IS REASONING ABOUT VALUES VICIOUSLY CIRCULAR?
  • Chapter 5. RATIONAL ECONOMY AND THE EVOLUTIONARY IMPETUS
  • Chapter 6. EVALUATION AND THE FALLACY OF RESPECT NEGLECT
  • Chapter 7. CREDIT FOR MAKING A DISCOVERY
  • Chapter 8. OPTIMALISM AND THE RATIONALITY OF THE REAL (ON THE PROSPECT OF AXIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION)
  • Chapter 9. THE REVOLT AGAINST ABSOLUTES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
  • NOTES
  • Backmatter

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