The Truth of Value: A Defense of Moral and Literary Judgment |
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... fact ( s ) ? That's simple enough to answer . If the world consists of facts and facts alone , and if value is excluded from fact , as the question implies or strongly suggests , then value has no place in reality . Value does not exist ...
... fact ( s ) ? That's simple enough to answer . If the world consists of facts and facts alone , and if value is excluded from fact , as the question implies or strongly suggests , then value has no place in reality . Value does not exist ...
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... facts straight ? " Our graph modifies an assumption which may be correct , that one of our ' facts ' is perhaps open to question . ' 29 Was the fact a fact until the possible new evidence , and then did the fact become a ' fact ...
... facts straight ? " Our graph modifies an assumption which may be correct , that one of our ' facts ' is perhaps open to question . ' 29 Was the fact a fact until the possible new evidence , and then did the fact become a ' fact ...
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... fact , now non - fact , ex - fact , of the reading " Yahu " is replaced by the new , established fact of the reading y [ e ] h [ u ] d . The old fact is as exploded ( if it is ) as the old theory . Facts and theory stand together ...
... fact , now non - fact , ex - fact , of the reading " Yahu " is replaced by the new , established fact of the reading y [ e ] h [ u ] d . The old fact is as exploded ( if it is ) as the old theory . Facts and theory stand together ...
Contents
Fact and Monism | 9 |
Where Is Value? | 17 |
Proofs and Examples | 27 |
Copyright | |
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