Ellis/Five Principles, 1g. Scepticism Applies to Values and Facts

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How to Cite: Ellis, Robert. g. Scepticism Applies to Values and Facts. The Five Principles of Middle Way Philosophy - Living Experientially in a World of Uncertainty. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 52-55 Feb 2023. ISBN 9781800503045.

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Scepticism challenges the assumption of an absolute distinction between facts and values, given that both kinds of belief are not denied but incrementally justified (even if asymptotically for some obvious factual statements). Both factual and value claims depend on human goals and assumed states of affairs that depend on those goals. The particularity of values does not make them ‘subjective’. Moral beliefs, like factual ones, become more justified as they are more integrated.

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    The Five Principles of Middle Way Philosophy: Living Experientially in a World of Uncertainty
  • creator
    Robert M. Ellis
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    9781800503052 (eBook)
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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    Sheffield, United Kingdom
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    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
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    Middle Way Philosophy
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