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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrometheus Books, Publishers

ISBN-10087975284X

ISBN-139780879752842

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038601350

Product Key Features

Book TitleValue, Language and Life

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1985

TopicEthics & Moral Philosophy, General, History & Surveys / Modern, Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts

IllustratorYes

GenrePhilosophy, Education

AuthorJohn T. Goldthwait

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight21.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN85-061566

SynopsisAnswering the simplest questions satisfactorily often poses the greatest challenge and difficulty to philosophers. Since these questions concern principles underlying our everyday conduct, the inability to provide convincing answers can be exceedingly frustrating. When, during a career of teaching, John T. Goldthwait was asked by his students "Why is that good?" - in regard to art and to conduct - he realized he had no answer that would satisfy his students and himself. And so, his effort to answer his students became a journey through the concept of value judgments, resulting in his book, Value, Language, and Life. What is value? What makes things good? Value, Language, and Life presents a new answer to these age-old questions through Goldthwait's adaptation of linguistic analysis and phenomenological methodology. By examining our everyday experience and use of language, he arrives at a knowledge of value that can be applied in solving problems and reconciling disputes about value. This unique approach enables us to place ethics, aesthetics, and other fields in which value is prominent on a single foundation., What is value? What makes things good? This book presents a different answer to these age-old questions through the author's adaptation of linguistic analysis and phenomenological methodology., Answering the simplest questions satisfactorily often poses the greatest challenge and difficulty to philosophers. Since these questions concern principles underlying our everyday conduct, the inability to provide convincing answers can be exceedingly frustrating. When, during a career of teaching, John T Goldthwait was asked by his students "Why is that good?" - in regard to art and to conduct - he realised he had no answer that would satisfy his students and himself. And so, his effort to answer his students became a journey through the concept of value judgements, resulting in his book, "Value, Language, and Life". What is value? What makes things good? "Value, Language, and Life" presents a new answer to these age-old questions through Goldthwait's adaptation of linguistic analysis and phenomenological methodology. By examining our everyday experience and use of language, he arrives at a knowledge of value that can be applied in solving problems and reconciling disputes about value. This unique approach enables us to place ethics, aesthetics, and other fields in which value is prominent on a single foundation.

LC Classification NumberBD232.G615 1985