A subject in relation to values from reception to creation

Authors

  • Józef Lipiec

Keywords:

aksjologia, byt, ontologia, empiryzm, estetyka, istota

Abstract

Józef Lipiec proposes his typology of axiological subjectivities according to levels of their commitment to values. He distinguishes 6 types of them in the order from complete passivity to full creativity (dosed passivity, opened passivity, activity of selection and choice, penetrative-explorative activity, reinterpretative creativity and proper creativity – homo creator). He also discusses ontological conditions of the axiological creativity. As for the problem of the origins of this kind of creativeness, the author opts for moderate determinism: the outer world provokes man to create values, but itself it is only a reservoir with raw material of which values can be made out.

Published

1997-12-01

Issue

Section

Papers