<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In this article the ethical systems of Risieri Frondizi and Maurice Mandelbaum, both decisively influenced by Wolfgang Köhler, are investigated for the first time. Each writer took different things from Köhler, Frondizi the idea of value as a Gestalt quality and Mandelbaum the idea of value as a felt demand. Their positions are highly complementary and Frondizi’s axiological approach enlightens the ontology of value whereas Mandelbaum’s phenomenological approach clarifies the nature of “requiredness” (Köhler) or “fittingness.”</p></abstract>

In this article the ethical systems of Risieri Frondizi and Maurice Mandelbaum, both decisively influenced by Wolfgang Köhler, are investigated for the first time. Each writer took different things from Köhler, Frondizi the idea of value as a Gestalt quality and Mandelbaum the idea of value as a felt demand. Their positions are highly complementary and Frondizi’s axiological approach enlightens the ontology of value whereas Mandelbaum’s phenomenological approach clarifies the nature of “requiredness” (Köhler) or “fittingness.”

Frondizi and Mandelbaum on the Phenomenology and Ontology of Value

Gestalt Theory

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In this article the ethical systems of Risieri Frondizi and Maurice Mandelbaum, both decisively influenced by Wolfgang Köhler, are investigated for the first...

Frondizi and Mandelbaum on the Phenomenology and Ontology of Value

Published Online: Nov 26, 2019

Page range: 277 - 291

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0026

Keywords
Gestalt quality, fittingness, Christian von Ehrenfels

© 2019 Ian Verstegen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Frondizi and Mandelbaum on the Phenomenology and Ontology of Value

Published Online: Nov 26, 2019

Page range: 277 - 291

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2019-0026

KeywordsGestalt quality, fittingness, Christian von Ehrenfels

© 2019 Ian Verstegen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Gestalt quality, fittingness, Christian von Ehrenfels