Thick Evaluation

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Author	: Simon Kirchin
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 211
Release	: 2017
ISBN-10	: 9780198803430
ISBN-13	: 0198803435
Rating	: 4/5 (30 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Thick Evaluation by : Simon Kirchin

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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