CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Krude, Leonis Matthias |
|---|---|
| Title | Valuation: Its Logical Structure, Origin and Evolutionary Development |
| Summary | In order to understand complex human valuative relations, it is helpful to examine the development of valuation. This work is concerned with investigating the logical structure, origin, and evolutionary development of valuation. I analyse the structure of valuation as goal-directed, while examining its evolutionary development based on three stages of cognitive complexity. This methodological combination makes it possible to reveal both the stable basic logical valuative relation between a subject, a valued object and a goal, and the logical structures and objects that change in the course of evolutionary development. A crucial factor is a twofold differentiation of the goals of valuation: while there is a difference between instrumental and final goals on the one hand, on the other hand, a distinction must be made between aspects of valuation from the third-person and first-person perspectives. By differentiating these dimensions of valuation, this work contributes to the understanding of valuation in general and lays the foundation for an analysis of human valuation in all its complexity. |
| Supervisor | Kronfeldner, Maria |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/krude_leonis.pdf |
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