ABSTRACT
Psychologists place value on a wide range of things – on objects, on events, on states of affairs, on collections of objects or events or states of affairs. They do so in two closely related ways. First, Psychologists take up a range of valuing attitudes towards the things in question. Second, they behave towards these things in ways that reflect – and are usually explained by – these valuing attitudes. The very existence of this diversity suggests that at some level value has a kind of shape. Human evaluative practices are complex: just go to any on-line discussion forum regarding science fiction films or professional sports teams. Facts about the value of a thing will often resist answers in terms of simple scales and simple dichotomies. Perhaps some items within consciousness are intrinsically valuable, and perhaps some are essentially valuable.
