Place of Value in a World of Facts

Name: Place of Value in a World of Facts
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ISBN: 9780871401076

ISBN-10: 087140107X

ISBN-13: 9780871401076

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Wolfgang Kï¿½hler

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Can values operate in a world of facts and still be more than indifferent facts themselves?In this important and challenging book, Wolfgang Köhler's subject is value, or what he calls the "requiredness" of an object or activity. Starting with a descriptive account of values as we become aware of them, he finds that, inside certain contexts, parts of such structures do not appear as indifferent facts. They are experienced as belonging there intrinsically or, also, as being out of place in their contexts.Köhler's closely reasoned analysis, drawing on the fields of psychology, biology, and physics, centers around this concept of requiredness. Certain things in nature belong together or require…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Publication date: 3/17/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 4.37" wide x 7.95" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English