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Axiology
Axiology (from Greek ἀξία, axia, "value, worth"; and -λογία, -logia) is the philosophical study of value.
It is either the collective term for ethics and aesthetics[1], philosophical fields that depend crucially on
notions of worth, or the foundation for these fields, and thus similar to value theory and meta-ethics.
The term was first used by Paul Lapie, in 1902,[2][3] and Eduard von Hartmann, in 1908.[4][5]
Axiology studies mainly two kinds of values: ethics and aesthetics. Ethics investigates the concepts of
"right" and "good" in individual and social conduct. Aesthetics studies the concepts of "beauty" and
"harmony." Formal axiology, the attempt to lay out principles regarding value with mathematical
rigor, is exemplified by Robert S. Hartman's science of value.
Contents
History
See also
References
Further reading
External links
History
Between the 5th and 6th centuries BC, it was important in Greece to be knowledgeable if you were to be
successful. Philosophers began to recognize that differences existed between the laws and morality of
society. Socrates believed that knowledge had a vital connection to virtue, making morality and
democracy closely intertwined. Socrates' student, Plato furthered the belief by establishing virtues which
should be followed by all. With the fall of the government, values became individual, causing skeptic
schools of thought to flourish, ultimately shaping a pagan philosophy that is thought to have influenced
and shaped Christianity. During the medieval period, Thomas Aquinas made the distinction between
natural and supernatural (theological) virtues. This concept led philosophers to distinguish between
judgments based on fact and judgments based on values, creating division between science and
philosophy.[6]
See also
Axiological ethics
Praxeology
Nikolay Lossky
Money – Object or record accepted as payment
Nihilism – Philosophy antithetical to concepts of meaningfulness
Russian philosophy – Wikipedia list article
Utility – Concept in economics and game theory
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Value (economics)
Value (ethics) – Personal value, basis for ethical action
References
1. Random House Unabridged Dictionary Entry on Axiology. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/axi
ology)
2. Lapie, Paul (1902). Logique de la volonté (https://archive.org/details/cihm_87792). Paris: F. Alcan.
3. "Axiology and aesthetics - article" (http://www.infotaste.com/axiology-and-aesthetics/).
www.infotaste.com.
4. von Hartmann, Eduard (1908). Grundriss der Axiologie. Hermann Haacke.
5. Samuel L. Hart. Axiology—Theory of Values (https://www.jstor.org/pss/2105883). Philosophy and
Phenomenological Research.
6. Arneson, P. (2009). Axiology. In S. Littlejohn, & K. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of communication
theory. (pp. 70-74). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Further reading
Hartman, Robert S. (1967). The Structure of Value. USI Press. 384 pages.
Findlay, J. N. (1970). Axiological Ethics (https://archive.org/details/axiologicalethic0000find). New
York: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-00269-5. 100 pages.
Rescher, Nicholas (2005). Value Matters: Studies in Axiology. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. ISBN 3-
937202-67-6. 140 pages.
Cushan, Anna-Marie. Investigations into Facts and Values: Groundwork for a theory of moral conflict
resolution (http://www.ondwelle.com/ValueJudgements.pdf) (PDF). Melbourne: Ondwelle.
Marías, Julián (1967). History of Philosophy. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
External links
Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). "Value Theory" (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/value-theory/). Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology (http://www.pdcnet.org/cultura)
Axiology.org.uk (http://www.axiology.org.uk/)
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