ABSTRACT
Evaluation refers to the process of sorting out, from the welter of valuations. To begin with, it will be assumed by what follows that when the truth of the value expression has been granted, one has by that fact granted that the object valued 'has' or 'is of' the expressed value. Egoism is certainly to be distinguished from the neutralist and altruist positions. But there is another test for well-formedness which is just as effective at ruling out value expressions. A value is taken to be the 'fact' indicated by a true value expression. But whether one agrees to the typology or not, the author is still faced with explaining the significance of the acts of valuation he does recognize. To confound a valuation is to show that, for reasons of lack of clarity or lack of conclusiveness, the value expression cannot reasonably enter into the final assessment. So there is no egocentric predicament here.
