{"product_id":"knowing-the-normative-world-on-the-epistemologies-of-ethics-and-aesthetics-9780198877363","title":"Knowing the Normative World: On the Epistemologies of Ethics and Aesthetics","description":"What does it mean to \u003cem\u003eknow\u003c\/em\u003e that something is beautiful, just, or wrong, not as an article of theory, but as something that presses upon us and demands a response? \u003cem\u003eKnowing the Normative World\u003c\/em\u003e offers a sophisticated account of how we come to apprehend the normative world, not as idle spectators but as engaged evaluators. It provides not merely a technical treatment in epistemology, but a vision of the kind of normative knowledge that matters to us in living meaningful lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an epistemology not of distance but of acquaintance, where normative truths are not just deduced, but \u003cem\u003edisclosed\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eKnowing the Normative World \u003c\/em\u003ebrings together the epistemologies of ethics and aesthetics under a unified framework, showing how our encounters with value are shaped by acquaintance. Such encounters yield \u003cem\u003eappreciative knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e, a form of knowledge that provides the ability to respond appreciatively to the normative parts of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once theoretically ambitious and attuned to the subtleties of experience, this book reshapes how we think about the epistemology of normativity. It invites us to see that value is something the world makes available if we are oriented toward it with the right kind of sensitivity. \u003cem\u003eKnowing the Normative World\u003c\/em\u003e offers not just an account of how we come to know what matters, but a vision of what it is to be \u003cem\u003eformed\u003c\/em\u003e by such knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErrol Lord, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErrol Lord is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He works in a broad range of areas connected with normativity, including ethical theory, epistemology, and aesthetics. His first monograph, \u003cem\u003eThe Importance of Being Rational\u003c\/em\u003e, appeared in 2018 from OUP. In 2016, OUP published \u003cem\u003eWeighing Reasons\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection he co-edited with Barry Maguire. His essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eMind, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Oxford Studies in Metaethics\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eErgo\u003c\/em\u003e, among other places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078298988818,"sku":"9780198877363","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6d3bb4cd-65e4-4e0c-b717-f1616a8ce136.jpg?v=1772541644","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/knowing-the-normative-world-on-the-epistemologies-of-ethics-and-aesthetics-9780198877363","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}