Thick Description Revisited: Tanner on Thick Concepts and Perspectivalism in Value Philosophy

Bergqvist, ADR (2016) Thick Description Revisited: Tanner on Thick Concepts and Perspectivalism in Value Philosophy. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, The Vi (Method). pp. 202-215. ISSN 0066-7374

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Abstract

In this article I deploy Michael Tanner’s (1964) work on the relation between what are now called 'think' and 'thin' concepts in ethics to defend the claim that morally relevant facts cannot be accessed saved through the individual perspective. This commitment, inspired by Tanner’s work in aesthetics, calls forth another category in understanding normativity that is precluded by the familiar distinctions between fact and value, between objective and subjective.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2018 09:31
Publisher:	Oxford University Press (OUP)
Additional Information:	This paper was accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, published by Oxford University Press and copyright Aristotelian Society. Email permission to archive received 9/6/2018.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities Research Centres > History Research Centre
Subject terms:	Thick concepts, moral perception, Michael Tanner, Iris Murdoch, R.M. Hare, 2203 Philosophy
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/620733
ISSN	0066-7374

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