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Value, Valuation, and Natural-Science Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Clark L. Hull
Clark L. Hull*
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Institute of Human Relations Yale University
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One of the initial obstacles to the study of the theory of value is the fact that practically every author whom the student consults on the subject characterizes value and valuation differently, and seems to trace them ultimately to a different source. For example, one writer will formulate a theory of value in terms of pain and pleasure (1); another, in terms of feeling (16, p.22); another, in terms of desires or wants (3, p.1); still others, in terms of “requiredness” (8, p.63), of interest (11, p.115), of striving (4, pp.1–29); and so on.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , July 1944 , pp. 125 - 141
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1944

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