Axiology is the study of the origin and nature of philosophical values, or a particular theory of values of a specific philosopher such as their school of thought. Axiologists study value in general rather than moral values in particular and frequently emphasize the plurality and heterogeneity of values while at the same time adopting different forms of realism about values. Researchers axiological skill is executed in order to make judgments about the research content and its conduct. The problems of philosophy, by bertrand russell project gutenberg. Axiology is the branch of practical philosophy which studies the nature of value. Together, the two greek words give meaning to the word philosophy to define it as a love of wisdom. Project gutenbergs the problems of philosophy, by bertrand russell this ebook is. The process of social enquiry is involved in this approach. Axiology zontology and epistemology deal with truth, however axiology is about values and ethics mingers 2003. Epistemology, ontology, and axiology are terms in research that address underlying assumptions that shapes every research, theory, and methodology. Axiology is the recently adopted term used to cover the philosophy of values.
Axiology is a branch of philosophy that studies judgements about the value1. Epistemology, theory, and methodology in knowledge. Axiology is a branch of philosophy which is concerned about judgments, aesthetics, and ethics. The branch of philosophy concerned with the general problem of values that is, the nature, origin, and permanence of valuesis called axiology.
A brief guide to writing the philosophy paper harvard philosophy. A citation index of philosophy containing thousands of bibliographies. Philosophy, if it cannot answer so many questions as we could wish, has at. Philosophy is derived from the greek words philo, meaning love, and sophos, meaning wisdom. Axiology focuses on questions about what ought to be. It was introduced a century or so ago by the french philosopher paul lapie and derives from the greek axios, corresponding to the latin valere, meaning to be strong or to be worthy. Ethics as a branch of philosophy is dealing continuously with the fundamental values of innerhuman relations, studies the quality and the basis of the act or behavior which by moral perspective are good, bad, appropriate or wrong. Philosophers are often motivated by one or more of what we might call the big. Epistemology, ontology, and axiology in research youtube. Elements of the philosophy of right the web site cannot be found. Philosophy literally means love for wisdom and has traditionally implied the pursuit of wisdom. Nor is the contrast between analytic and continental philosophy supposed to. Andrew chirdon, philosophy and political science major, the university of north.
It is a comprehensive, holistic and logical investigation on human thoughts in the. It deals with the nature of values and relates to the teaching of moral values and character development. So far we have seen one very popular axiological theory, namely hedonism b. It must be understood at the outset that the philosophic way of advancing from one matter to another, the general speculative method, which is the only kind of. Specifically, axiology is engaged with assessment of the role of researchers own value on all stages of the research process. Recall that the main point is to determine what things are intrinsically good, or good for their own sake 3.
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