Essentially contested concept
An essentially contested concept is an abstract term or phrase that provides value judgements which can be contested. The term essentially contested concept was proposed to facilitate an understanding of the different interpretations of abstractions that have qualitative and evaluative notions—such as "art", "time", "philanthropy", "power",
Essentially contested concept - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Problem in philosophy An essentially contested concept is an abstract term or phrase that provides value judgements which can be contested. The term essentially contested concept was proposed to facilitate an understanding of the different interpretations of abstractions that have qualitative and evaluative notions [ 1 ] —such as " art ", " time ", " philanthropy ", [ 2 ] "power", [ 3 ] and " social justice ". The notion of an essentially contested concept was proposed in 195
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