Valuescience Other Resources
Core Readings
- Schrom, David. (2008). Valuescience Booklet. [1] 24 pp.
Schrom outlines a basic valuescience argument and briefly touches upon applications to selected fields.
- Wikipedia. (2009). "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Link 8 pp.
Maslow proposes a schema, widely referenced for more than half a century, characterizing what he discovered to be universal human wants.
Interest Readings
- Walker, Marshall. (1963). "A Survival Technique." Nature of Scientific Thought. pp.14-20. Link
Walker demystifies science and shows both its ubiquity and its import.
- Graham, Paul. (2007). "How to Do Philosophy." Link
Y-combinator technology venture incubator founder Graham offers advice and encouragement to budding valuescientists and roots it in his own experience majoring in philosophy for most of his college career.
- Harris, Sam. (2007). "We Are Making Moral Progress." Link
Harris, a vehement advocate for a scientific approach to morality, makes his case that others are adopting valuescience to good effect.
- Wikipedia. "Fundamental Human Needs." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_human_needs
Max Neff built on Maslow's work to create a more detailed list of universal human needs. He emphasized that these needs were few and finite in contrast to conventional economists who view them as infinite.
