RT Article
T1 Thickness and Evaluation
JF Journal of moral philosophy
VO 14
IS 1
SP 89
OP 104
A1 Eklund, Matti
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1817474332
AB This is a review essay devoted to Pekka Väyrynen’s The Rude, the Lewd and the Nasty. Väyrynen’s book, concerned with thick terms and thick concepts, argues for a pragmatic view on the evaluativeness associated with these terms and concepts. The essay raises a number of critical questions regarding what Väyrynen’s arguments for his view actually show. It deals with, for example, thick properties, the fact-value distinction, what it is for terms and concepts to be (semantically) evaluative, and whether Väyrynen’s arguments generalize to thin evaluative concepts.
K1 Normativity
K1 evaluative language
K1 Pekka Väyrynen
K1 thin concepts
K1 thick terms
K1 thick concepts
DO 10.1163/17455243-01401001