Needs, Values, Truth: Essays in the Philosophy of Value

By David Wiggins

Book Overview

Needs, Values, Truth brings together of some of the most important and influential writings by a leading contemporary philosopher, drawn from twenty-five years of his work in the broad area of the philosophy of value. The author ranges between problems of ethics, meta-ethics, philosophy of
mind, and philosophy of logic and language, looking at questions relating to meaning, truth and objectivity in judgements of value. For this third edition he has added a new essay on incommensurability, in addition to making minor revisions to the existing text. The volume will stand as a
definitive summation of his work in this area.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198237197
• ISBN13: 9780198237198
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"