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Title: Observing Facts and Values: A Brief Theory and History.
Authors: Fuchs, Stephan
Source: Canadian Review of Sociology. Nov2017, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p456-467. 12p.
Subjects: Facts (Philosophy), Values (Ethics), Observation (Psychology), Modernity, Distinction (Philosophy), Theory of knowledge
Abstract (English): Not acknowledging the history and metaphysics of the fact/value distinction has led to confusion about the difference between the normative and the cognitive, and disputes on whether there are ways to move from one side, facts, to the other, values. One solution is to recognize values as more 'objective' than facts, and thus blur the common way of drawing this distinction. The origin of the distinction between facts and values appears in the space between them, when and where it is uncertain whether an observation becomes fact or value. Once values turn into subjective beliefs, the entire distinction collapses, and modernity begins to end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Abstract (French): Résumé Ne pas reconnaître l'histoire et la métaphysique de la distinction fait/valeur a créé de la confusion à propos de la différence entre le normatif et le cognitif, et des disputes concernant la possibilité d'aller dans un sens (les faits) ou dans l'autre (les valeurs). Une solution possible consiste à reconnaître les valeurs comme étant plus 'objectives' que les faits, et d'ainsi (brouiller) la manière habituelle de faire cette distinction. L'origine de la distinction entre les faits et les valeurs apparaît dans l'espace entre eux, lorsque et où il devient incertain si l'observation est un fait ou une valeur. Une fois que les valeurs deviennent des croyances subjectives, la distinction s'écroule, et la modernité est au début de sa fin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Not acknowledging the history and metaphysics of the fact/value distinction has led to confusion about the difference between the normative and the cognitive, and disputes on whether there are ways to move from one side, facts, to the other, values. One solution is to recognize values as more 'objective' than facts, and thus blur the common way of drawing this distinction. The origin of the distinction between facts and values appears in the space between them, when and where it is uncertain whether an observation becomes fact or value. Once values turn into subjective beliefs, the entire distinction collapses, and modernity begins to end. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Résumé Ne pas reconnaître l'histoire et la métaphysique de la distinction fait/valeur a créé de la confusion à propos de la différence entre le normatif et le cognitif, et des disputes concernant la possibilité d'aller dans un sens (les faits) ou dans l'autre (les valeurs). Une solution possible consiste à reconnaître les valeurs comme étant plus 'objectives' que les faits, et d'ainsi (brouiller) la manière habituelle de faire cette distinction. L'origine de la distinction entre les faits et les valeurs apparaît dans l'espace entre eux, lorsque et où il devient incertain si l'observation est un fait ou une valeur. Une fois que les valeurs deviennent des croyances subjectives, la distinction s'écroule, et la modernité est au début de sa fin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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