Value and Representation: Three Essays Exploring the Implications of a Pragmatic Epistemology for Moral Thought (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780359336814)

Addressing the epistemological question of how knowledge of a world is enabled in creatures like ourselves, Stuart W. Mirsky argues that moral claims can only be understood within the broader scope of valuational activities in general which form one of two essential pillars to make knowledge of a world possible. Without the capacity to value, he suggests, there can be neither referring nor asserting, both essential to our ability to conceive a world and live within it. Thus valuing can be seen to be a critical element in the formation of human knowledge, placing our ethical judgments on firmer epistemic footing than contemporary philosophy has heretofore allowed.

Author: Stuart W. Mirsky
ISBN-10: 0359336817
ISBN-13: 9780359336814
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2019
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d