Valuing and believing valuable

Analysis 77 (1):59-65 (2017)
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Many philosophers recognize that, as a matter of psychological fact, one can believe something valuable without valuing it. I argue that it is also possible to value something without believing it valuable. Agents can genuinely value things that they neither believe disvaluable nor believe valuable along a scale of impersonal value.

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Robbie Kubala
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