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Science of Valuations Natural Structures, Technological Infrastructures, Cultural Superstructures


Free Download Science of Valuations: Natural Structures, Technological Infrastructures, Cultural Superstructures by Salvatore Giuffrida, Maria Rosa Trovato, Paolo Rosato, Enrico Fattinnanzi, Alessandra Oppio, Simona Chiodo
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 387 Pages | ISBN : 3031537084 | 49.6 MB
This volume collects the best papers presented at the 2019 Conference SIEV (Italian Society of Appraisal and Valuation) on the Science of Evaluation foundations, actuality, and prospects. The book consists of twenty-six papers and is organized into four parts: the first one collects reflections on the nature of the value judgement, on the truth of the evaluative statement, and on the authenticity its contents, the values; the next three present operational experiences in the three fields of natural, urban and cultural heritage where the knowledge of the value of the human space, supports decisions and policies, highlighting feature concerning: value and valuations in the dialectic between earth and the city; the value bearers between heuristic and normatively; the role of valuation for the complementarity of rules and creativity.

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Values, Valuations, and Axiological Norms in Richard Rorty’s Neopragmatism Studies, Polemics, Interpretations


Free Download Krzysztof Piotr Skowronski, "Values, Valuations, and Axiological Norms in Richard Rorty’s Neopragmatism: Studies, Polemics, Interpretations "
English | ISBN: 1498509452 | 2015 | 148 pages | EPUB | 1106 KB
Richard Rorty is perhaps the most famous American philosopher internationally, and his later, neopragmatist philosophy is decidedly one of his most commented upon. Values, Valuations, and Axiological Norms in Richard Rorty’s Neopragmatism proposes different themes in order to delve into the enormous potential that Rorty’s later philosophical thought possesses, using the perspective of the axiological and normative dimensions. With reference to philosophers such as Kant, Dewey, Santayana, and Kołakowski, Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński argues that a democratic society is the basic axiological framework and that Rorty’s normative focus is the melioration of democratic society. The novelty of this philosophy is that it pays special attention to discourses, narratives, and story-telling as containing within themselves axiological and normative aspects. This book presents these discourses as a way of constructing and reconstructing social reality, rather than as a means of describing reality from a detached perspective. According to this framework, human activity, well-being, and solidarity with other people should be evoked by us much more than any reference to God, the Truth, or absolute Values. This book is written for anyone with interests in American philosophy, intellectual history, or political philosophy.

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