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Achievement
| Full title: | Achievement |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9780198714026 |
| ISBN 10: | 0198714025 |
| Authors: | Bradford, Gwen |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Edition: | Illustrated |
| Num. pages: | 224 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2015 |
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Synopsis
Gwen Bradford Presents A Systematic Account Of What Achievements Are, And Why They Are Worth The Effort. She Argues That More Things Count As Achievements Than We Might Have Thought, And Offers A New Perfectionist Theory Of Value In Which Difficulty, Perhaps Surprisingly, Plays A Central Part In Characterizing Achievements. Achievements: They're Great- But What Are They? -- Difficulty -- Competent Causation -- The Value Of Achievement -- The Relative Value Of Achievement -- Puzzles And Games. Gwen Bradford. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 197-199) And Index.