Phenomenology of Values and Valuing

Although a key aspect of the phenomenological movement is its contribution to value theory (axiology) and value perception (almost all the major figures devoted a great part of their labors to these topics), there has been relatively little attention paid

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHENOMENOLOGY IN COOPERATION WITH

THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN PHENOMENOLOGY Volume 28

Editor: John Drummond, Mount Saint Mary's College

Editorial Board: Elizabeth A. Behnke David Carr, Emory University Stephen Crowell, Rice University Lester Embree, Florida Atlantic University J. Claude Evans, Washington University Jose Huertas-Jourda, Wilfrid Laurier University Joseph J. Kockelmans, The Pennsylvania State University William R. McKenna, Miami University Algis Mickunas, Ohio University J. N. Mohanty, Temple University Tom Nenon, The University of Memphis Thomas M. Seebohm, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitiit, Mainz Elisabeth Straker, Philosophisches Seminarium der Universitiit Koln Richard M. Zaner, Vanderbilt University

Scope The purpose of this series is to foster the development of phenomenological philosophy through creative research. Contemporary issues in philosophy, other disciplines and in culture generally, offer opportunities for the application of phenomenological methods that call for creative responses. Although the work of several generations of thinkers has provided phenomenology with many results with which to approach these challenges, a truly successful response to them will require building on this work with new analyses and methodological innovations.

PHENOMENOLOGY OF VALUES AND VALUING edited by

JAMES G. HART Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA and

LESTER EMBREE Department of Philosophy, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress

ISBN 978-94-017-2608-5 (eBook) ISBN 978-90-481-4826-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2608-5

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Table of Contents Preface

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Introduction James G. Hart: "Value-Theory and Phenomenology" Chapter I.

Don E. Marietta, Jr.: "The Concept of Objective

II

Value" Chapter 2.

John B. Brough: "Image and Artistic Value"

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Chapter 3.

Lester Embree: "Problems of the Value ofNature in

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Phenomenological Perspective or What to do About Snakes in the Grass" Chapter 4.

Steven W. Laycock: "The Value of Absence"

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Chapter 5.

Robert Welsh Jordan: "The Part Played by Value in the

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Modification of Open into Attractive Possibilities" Chapter 6.

Karl Schuhmann: "The Notion of Value in Christian

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von Ehrenfels" Chapter 7.

Thomas Nenon: "Values, Reasons for Actions and

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Reflexivity" Chapter 8.

Kenneth W. Stikkers: "Values as Ontological

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Difference" Chapter 9.

Phillip Blosser: "Scheler's Theory of Values

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Reconsidered" Chapter 10. Ullrich Mel