"Many of the papers in this volume started life as presentations at a conference -- called "Thick Concepts' -- that was held in July 2009 at the University of Kent."--Acknowledgements. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction : Thick and thin concepts / Simon Kirchin -- Thick concepts, analysis, and reductionism / Edward Harcourt and Alan Thomas -- Practical concepts / Jonathan Dancy -- Thick concepts and thick descriptions / Simon Kirchin -- It's evaluation, only thicker / Debbie Roberts -- On the nature and significance of the distinction between thick and thin ethical concepts / Michael Smith -- Disentangling disentangling / Simon Blackburn -- Thick concepts and underdetermination / Pekka Vayrynen -- Evaluative language and evaluative reality / Matti Eklund -- There are no thin concepts / Timothy Chappell -- Moral metaphor and thick concepts : what moral philosophy can learn from aesthetics / Nick Zangwill -- Williams on thick ethical concepts and reasons for action / Eric Wiland -- Well-being, wisdom, and thick theorizing : on the division of labor between moral philosophy and positive psychology / Valerie Tiberius.
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