El conocimiento de los valores

  1. López Quintás, Alfonso
Revue:
Anales del seminario de historia de la filosofía

ISSN: 0211-2337

Année de publication: 2008

Volumen: 25

Pages: 483-499

Type: Article

D'autres publications dans: Anales del seminario de historia de la filosofía

Résumé

Values demonstrate a type of reality that corresponds, according to the author, to levels 2 and 3. In order to attain to these, it is not enough to mobilize one�s intelligence, rather, we must adjust our mood to respond to their appeal. Values are illuminated to us in the course of �reversible� or two-way experiences, and especially in the case of personal encounters. Concretely, this can be seen clearly when examining how we access different values. This analysis leads to the identification of a criterion that can allow us to discern when something is valuable