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The logic of valuing
Author(s) -
Scriven Michael
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20003
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , inference , value (mathematics) , epistemology , context (archaeology) , doctrine , focus (optics) , computer science , logic model , sociology , law , political science , social science , philosophy , physics , optics , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , machine learning , biology
This chapter outlines the logical infrastructure that makes it possible to claim that one can validate values, both at a general and a context‐specific level, other than by direct deduction from other value premises. To make the argument, the author distinguishes between the logic of valuing and the logic of evaluation, the former being the primary focus of the argument, and analyzes the invalidity of the long‐standing value‐free doctrine in social sciences. The author discusses several ways in which we can establish factual as well as evaluative premises by observation, inference, or definition, that make it possible to infer beyond reasonable doubt to evaluative conclusions. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.