Voluntarism, values and community : an intersubjective reading of Bas C. van Fraassen's The empirical stance

In The Empirical Stance, Bas C. van Fraassen suggests that philosophical positions include non-factual things like values and attitudes: they are "stances" rather than factual theses. Choosing between stances is not a matter of reason or rational compulsion; rather, we choose the stance th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braae, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Ritchie, Jack
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14078