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Author Oddie, Graham, 1954-

Title Value, reality, and desire / Graham Oddie
Published Oxford : Clarendon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Reality and value -- 2. Judgement and desire -- 3. Desires as value data -- 4. Value as refined desire -- 5. Value beyond desire -- 6. Irreducible value -- 7. Value as cause -- 8. Value, judgement, and desire : bridging the gaps -- App. 1. A refutation of independence -- App. 2. Seemings as evidence -- App. 3. The BAD paradox
Summary What is the nature of value and how can we have knowledge of it? Is something valuable because we desire it or do we desire it because it is valuable? These are the fundamental questions addressed and answered in this book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Desire.
Reality.
Values.
PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
Desire.
Reality.
Values.
Form Electronic book
Author Oxford University Press
ISBN 0199273413
9780199273416
9780191534256
0191534250