In his article Stijn Bruers presents an axiology which includes well-being and biodiversity. On his account, however, the latter has much more importance than the former. Tremendous gains in well-being are proscribed when they can only be obtained through a great loss in biodiversity. That is why we should not phase out predation by genetically reprogramming predators. I argue that, even if we ...

The paper argues that values are universals, either properties or relations. For the latter, instantiation is a matter of the content of the relation, the relata, and the context (the instantiation of further relations). This moderate realist conception helps us solve some notorious problems in axiology, i.e. malicious pleasure, compassion, envy, and perverted love. Another other important impl...

The profession of occupalional therapy i~ being subjected to serious questioning from within The questions arc directed toward the hean of the profession's philosophy. lL is generally agrccci that philosophical debate can be sub· sumed under the three broad categories of (a) ontology (What is real!), (b) epistemology (What is true»), and (c) aXiology (What is good') In other words, the major ph...

The current mantra regarding scientific naturalism about natural kinds has centered on the methodological and axiological successes of acquiring knowledge using the resources found in the natural sciences. The methodological components of scientific naturalism are primarily concerned with how to conduct inquiry, along with how certain rules function within systems of knowledge. Note, however, t...

Online virtual worlds, including Second Life, are rapidly becoming recognized as an important new channel for marketing and brand-building. However, the nature of the channel and its consumers or users is likely to be quite different to other channels, including the Web. Consequently, this may have knock-on effects for traditional multi-channel brand management strategies. In an effort to under...

В статье автор провел анализ распространенных технологий воспроизведения ценностей в медиатексте, выделенных другими исследователями, предложил свои и охарактеризовал этот процесс с точки зрения ментальной аксиологии. In this article, the author analyzed common technologies for reproducing values in a media text, identified by other researchers, proposed his own and characterized process from p...

The current paper addresses the issue of axiological potential mass media discursive texts generated during coronavirus outbreak, namely those discussing and debating Russian vaccines. study draws on discourse analysis linguoaxiological texts, which reveals main ideological trends informing global community about state Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. authors have determined that revealed as a resul...