Philosophy Today

Volume 66, Issue 1, Winter 2022

Jean-Luc Nancy, Marie-Eve Morin, Travis Holloway
Pages 13-18

At Any Rate

What does the word “value” mean? On the one hand, absolute value is an excellence that is beyond measure. On the other hand, value can also be interpreted as price, as what can be measured and exchanged. In both cases, value lies in relation and is of the same order as sense. But what is the relation between these two senses of value? And why is it so difficult to hold the two apart?