Value reasoning : on the pragmatic rationality of 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 a...

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Main Author: Rescher, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:x, 147 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and indexes.
ISBN:9783319541389
3319541382