axiological adj : of or relating to the study of values

English

Adjective

1. Of or related to the philosophical field of axiology.
2. Of or related to a particular theory of value.
3. Of or related to values themselves.

Axiology (from Greek: άξιος, axios, "value, worth"; and λόγος, logos, "speech" lit. "to talk about the value") is the study of quality or value. It is often thought to include ethics and aesthetics — philosophical fields that depend crucially on notions of value — and sometimes it is held to lay the groundwork for these fields, and thus to be similar to value theory and meta-ethics.

One area in which research continues to be pursued is so-called formal axiology, or the attempt to lay out principles regarding value with mathematical rigor.

The term is also used sometimes for economic value.

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See also

• Value theory