Value and Context by Alan Thomas

Value and Context by Alan Thomas

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 has constructed an impressive in depth defence of moral cognitivism..This is a book that deserves many readers... Thomas may well have put together the best possible arguments for the cognitivism that he defends. * Alasdair MacIntyre, Journal of Moral Philosophy *
Thomas' Value and Context is an impressively ambitious and wide-ranging volume...Thomas engages with a remarkable range of issues...there are several very interesting, insightful discussions in the book...most readers will find much of interest in the development and defence of Thomas' interrelated positions. * Jason Kawall, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

Thomas, Alan: - Alan Thomas is a first time author and an entrepreneur living in Bangalore. This is his first book from the memoirs of Mysore

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ISBN 13	9780198250173
ISBN 10	0198250177
Title	Value and Context
Author	Alan Thomas
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2006-07-27
Number of pages	360
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