Thick Evaluation

Author	: Simon Kirchin
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 211
Release	: 2017
ISBN-10	: 9780198803430
ISBN-13	: 0198803435
Rating	: 4/5 (435 Downloads)

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Download or read book Thick Evaluation written by Simon Kirchin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The descriptions 'good' and 'bad' are examples of thin concepts, as opposed to 'kind' or 'cruel' which are thick concepts. Simon Kirchin provides one of the first full-length studies of the crucial distinction between 'thin' and 'thick' concepts, which is fundamental to many debates in ethics, aesthetics and epistemology

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