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Value and Context

the Nature of Moral and Political Knowledge

By Alan Thomas

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| Hardcover | 9780198250173

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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 inContinue

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Alan Thomas, in his book, develops a contextualist moral epistemology as an alternative to foundationalism and coherentism. He has discussed (almost all) major moral philosophers, such as McDowell, Wiggins, Bernard Williams, Korsgaard, just to name a few. Although his discussion can be difficult to ... (continue)

Alan Thomas, in his book, develops a contextualist moral epistemology as an alternative to foundationalism and coherentism. He has discussed (almost all) major moral philosophers, such as McDowell, Wiggins, Bernard Williams, Korsgaard, just to name a few. Although his discussion can be difficult to understand (mostly because of the rather dense arguments/expositions), it's very helpful if you are working on moral philosophy.

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