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Patterns of value: essays on formal axiology and value analysis

Rabinowicz, Wlodek and Rønnow-Rasmussen, Toni, eds. (2003) Patterns of value: essays on formal axiology and value analysis. Lund University Reports. , Vol. 1 Lund Universitetstrycheriet, Lund, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Discussions about values are common in many contexts. Often, what is debated is the choice of means to realize or protect various values, but sometimes the discussion concerns the very values that ought to be realized or protected. Philosophical debate in this area has mainly been focused on two kinds of issues. Philosophers have tried to identify the set of fundamental values, i.e., to provide what might be called a substantive axiology, but they have also aimed to clarify the general conceptual framework for our thinking about values. This latter area can in turn be subdivided into two interrelated but relatively independent fields of research. In one, we find theories about the meaning, the evidential grounds and the truth status of value statements, along with analyses of the alleged motivational pull of value judgments. In the other research field, which may be called formal axiology, the focus is on the structural features of our value notions: on the logic of value, on the conceptual distinctions and connections between different value types, on the relationships between value concepts and normative notions (such as the notions of ought, reasons or right), etc. While this volume concentrates on formal axiology, it also makes some forays into other fields of value research. The papers appearing in the collection are, for the most part, preliminary reports. Their final versions may later be published in regular journals or books.

Item Type: Book
Official URL: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/
Additional Information: © 2003 Lund University
Divisions: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2013 10:25
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 21:39
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54498

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