Value and Context: The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge
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Value and Context: The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge

Value and Context: The Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge

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Alan Thomas (Author)  

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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.
Alan Thomas is Senior Lecturer and Head of Philosophy at the University of Kent.
  • Contributor: Alan Thomas
  • Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780199587278
  • Number of Pages: 362
  • Packaged Dimensions: 154x234x21mm
  • Packaged Weight: 1
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Release Date: 2010-04-08
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Alan Thomas is Senior Lecturer and Head of Philosophy at the University of Kent.

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