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The Objectivity of Truth, Morality, and Beauty

Bartlett, Dr. Steven James (2017) The Objectivity of Truth, Morality, and Beauty.

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Whether truth, morality, and beauty have an objective basis has been a perennial question for philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics, while for a great many relativists and skeptics it poses a problem without a solution. In this essay, the author proposes an innovative approach that shows how cognitive intelligence, moral intelligence, and aesthetic intelligence provide the basis needed for objective judgments about truth, morality, and beauty.

Item Type:Other
Keywords:objectivity of truth, objectivity of morality, objectivity of beauty, cognitive intelligence, moral intelligence, aesthetic intelligence
Subjects:Psychology > Applied Cognitive Psychology
Philosophy > Epistemology
Philosophy > Ethics
ID Code:10282
Deposited By: Bartlett, Dr. Steven James
Deposited On:19 Dec 2017 01:39
Last Modified:19 Dec 2017 01:39

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