The Essentials of Formal Axiology - Paperback

by Rem B. Edwards (Author)

This book explains and advances formal axiology as originally developed by Robert S. Hartman. Formal axiology identifies the general patterns involved in (1) the meaning of "good" and other value concepts, in (2) what we value (value-objects), and in (3) how we value (valuations or evaluations).

Author Biography

Rem B. Edwards retired as Lindsay Young Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His Ph.D. in philosophy was from Emory University, he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Danforth Graduate Fellow. A charter member of the Robert S. Hartman Institute, Edwards is also the author of over twenty books and over eighty articles and reviews.