Value Reasoning
On the Pragmatic Rationality of Evaluation
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Beschreibung
This book is a survey of key issues in the theory of evaluation aimed at exhibiting and clarifying the rational nature of the thought-procedures involved. By means of theoretical analysis and explanatory case studies, this volume shows how evaluation is—or should be—a rational procedure directed at appropriate objectives. Above all, it maintains the objectivity of rational evaluation.
This book is a survey of key issues in the theory of evaluation aimed at exhibiting and clarifying the rational nature of the thought-procedures involved. By means of theoretical analysis and explanatory case studies, this volume shows how evaluation is—or should be—a rational procedure directed at appropriate objectives. Above all, it maintains the objectivity of rational evaluation.
Book represents a new topic explained by a prominent philosopher Outlines basic principles for evaluating excellence Illustrates the principles with four examples, called “cognitive importance, allocating scientific credit, actions, and contention tenacity”
Autor*in
Nicholas Rescher
Themen in »Value Reasoning«
Rational Choice Value Complementarity Cognitive Importance Contention Tenacity objectivity