evaluativism
evaluativism noun: the belief that certain disagreements (even about facts) ultimately stem from differing values, and therefore cannot be resolved as factual disagreements.
Noun
evaluativism (uncountable)
- The belief that certain disagreements (even about facts) ultimately stem from differing values, and therefore cannot be resolved as factual disagreements.
- Most who have argued for evaluativism have been interested in establishing skepticism, and have assumed that evaluativism implied skepticism.1989, Raymond Martin, The Past Within Us: An Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 97
- [E]valutivism makes plain that any attempt to justify a rule (ultimately by a rule-circular argument) will be an attempt for rules we value and will depend on rules we value (our basic inferential rules).2007, Stathis Psillos, “Putting a Bridle on Irrationality: An Appraisal of van Fraassen's New Epistemology”, in Bradley Monton, editor, Images of empiricism: essays on science and stances, Oxford...
Antonyms of evaluativism
Origin of evaluativism
From evaluative + -ism.
Words formed from evaluativism
Questions about evaluativism
- What does evaluativism mean?
- Evaluativism means the belief that certain disagreements (even about facts) ultimately stem from differing values, and therefore cannot be resolved as factual disagreements.
- What part of speech is evaluativism?
- Evaluativism is a noun.
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