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James Donald Wallace (May 21, 1937 – July 7, 2019) was an American philosopher. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for 49 years.
2 mag 2014 · The revival of pragmatism in contemporary philosophy has changed the debate in epistemology, the philosophy of language, and philosophy of science, but so
- Sander Voerman
- 2014
15 mar 2011 · In Norms and Practices, James D. Wallace shows that norms of all kinds, including ethical norms, are intensely social constructs learned through constant interaction with others.
How do we establish the relevance of a moral consideration when doing so is problematic? How are conflicts among relevant considerations properly resolved? James D. Wallace maintains that a successful ethical theory should be able to answer these important questions.
James D. Wallace is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Ethical Norms, Particular Cases; Moral Relevance...
- James D. Wallace
- Cornell University Press, 2009
- 0801447194, 9780801447198
- Norms and Practices
Ethical Norms, Particular Cases. James D. Wallace. Cornell University Press, 1996 - Authority - 171 pages. James D. Wallace treats moral considerations as beliefs about the right and wrong...
6 set 2009 · In this slim, highly readable volume, James D. Wallace attempts to show that mainstream, philosophical ethics has misconstrued the relationship between ethical norms and the practices that embody and express them.
