Review "Väyrynen's book incorporates fascinating discussions on numerous meta-ethical issues that have gone unexamined in this review. Such topics include evaluation, variability, shapelessness, irreducibility, disentanglement, parochiality, and underdetermination. In step with the three arguments I have discussed, Väyrynen approaches these major topics with equal precision and attention to linguistic detail. As such, his book deserves careful study by ethicists and linguists alike." --The Philosophical Quarterly"Väyrynen provides a thorough and genuinely readable introduction to the philosophical significance of thick concepts, their relation to thin concepts and the separability of their components. He tells us -- in a fashion that does justice to the ambitions of his predecessors -- what exactly turns on the detailed linguistic analysis that follows. Most notably, the relationship between thick concepts and the often-touted "dissolution" of the distinction between facts and values is helpfully clarified. Väyrynen's summary is the clearest and most engaging introduction to the philosophical significance of thick concepts in the contemporary literature." --Christopher Cowie, The Times Literary Supplement "[This book is] not just good, but superb."--Matthew S. Bedke, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Using the resources of linguistics and the philosophy of language, [Vayrynen] provides a cautious and thorough analysis f how thick terms function in the communicative enterprise. The result is a novel view of the evaluative contents of thick terms and concepts that dislodges them from the semantic content. Vayrynen's analysis undermines much of the philosophical significance historically attributed to thick terms. Consequently, it will be necessary reading for anyone working with the 'thick' in ethics or in the philosophy of language. Highly recommended."--A.L. Morton, CHOICE Read more About the Author Pekka Väyrynen is Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Leeds Read more
Trustpilot
3 days ago
2 months ago
