Sfera vrijednosti i proizvođenje smisla
The Sphere of Value and the Production of Meaning

Summary/Abstract: The author considers Weber’s treatment of value as an example of the impossibility to avoid the consequences of the methodical unreliability of the concept of value by extreme nominalism and reference to the empirical level. The concept of value is always introduced because of its "obfuscating properties". Weber does this because he wishes to retain the possibility to evaluate rational action without a decision on the objective in question. Values must be unquestioning and separate, so as to make possible a "wertfrei" scientific research as opposed to the »production of meaning«, formulation of world outlooks, arising out of the conflict of values. The difficulties inherent in Weber's position can be demonstrated in every individual field, including the field of arts.

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