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The descriptions 'good' and 'bad' are examples of thin concepts, as opposed to 'kind' or 'cruel' which are thick concepts. Simon Kirchin provides one of the first full-length studies of the crucial distinction between 'thin' and 'thick' concepts, which is fundamental to many debates in ethics, aesthetics and epistemology.
Cover; Thick Evaluation; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction; PART I: Understanding the Debate; 2: Separationism; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Introducing Separationism; 2.3 Simple Separationism; 2.4 Two Kinds of Complex Separationism; 2.5 A Grey Area; 2.6 Some Critical Points; 2.7 Conclusion; 3: Conceptual Relations; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Genus-Species Model; 3.3 The Determinable-Determinate Model; 3.4 Are the Models Distinct?; 3.5 Evaluative Flexibility.
3.6 The Genus-Species Model and Separationism; 3.7 Nonseparationism and the Determinable-Determinate Model; 3.8 Conclusion; 4: The Thin; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Two Types of Concept?; 4.3 Back to the Distinction; 4.4 A Pause; 4.5 Gibbard and L-censoriousness; 4.6 Susan Hurley and Centralism; 4.7 Are Thin Concepts Conceptually Prior?; 4.8 Conclusion; 5: Disentangling and Shapelessness; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Cognitivism and Noncognitivism; 5.3 Shapelessness and Outrunning; 5.4 Seven Notes; 5.5 Outrunning; 5.6 A Prejudice.
5.7 A Third Option; 5.8 Conclusion and a Pause; PART II: A Positive View; 6: Thick Evaluation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Previous Arguments; 6.3 Williams' Distinction; 6.4 Where the Slogan Goes Wrong; 6.5 Ryle on Thick Descriptions; 6.6 Evaluative Concepts; 6.7 Separationism and Nonseparationism; 6.8 Some Objections; 6.9 Concluding Thoughts; 7: Essentially Evaluative?; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Inherently or Essentially Evaluative?; 7.3 Väyrynen's View and the Arguments for it; 7.4 Responses; 7.5 Conclusion.
8: Understanding Others and Having Confidence; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Problem of Understanding Others; 8.3 Soothing the Worry; 8.4 Criticism of Others; 8.5 Williams on Evaluative Knowledge; 8.6 A Note on the Thin; 8.7 Conclusion; 9: Evaluative Cognitivism; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A Train of Thought; 9.3 Thoughts about that Train of Thought; 9.4 Overall Conclusion; 9.5 One Last Thought; Bibliography; Index of Notable Examples.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge