The Non-mathematical Logic of a Science of Values

Authors

  • Clifford G. Hurst

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.67945/jfa.v4i.88

Keywords:

formal axiology, axiomatic theory, philosophy of science, value theory

Abstract

This paper joins the ongoing debate that has taken place in the pages of this Journal around the type of mathematics that inheres in the logic of formal axiology. The author argues that the validity of formal axiology as a scientific theory rests on its axiomatic foundation. This foundation is independent of the explanatory value that various forms of mathematics may bring to our better understanding of axiological theory. This essay explores first the analogous nature of the relationship between math and the logic of value; and second it discusses the axiomatic foundation of the logic of formal axiology. The author proposes that three axioms, not just one, are needed in order to establish the science of values known as formal axiology.

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Published

2011-07-01

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Hurst, C. G. (2011). The Non-mathematical Logic of a Science of Values. Journal of Formal Axiology: Theory and Practice, 4, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.67945/jfa.v4i.88

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Vol. 4 (2011)

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