Abstract
Samuel Alexander (1859-1938) was an Australian philosopher. A notable figure in early 20th century British philosophy, he is renowned as a metaphysician and for being one of the originators of the movement of Emergentism, but also known for his works on aesthetics, philosophy of religion and ethics. Essays “Naturalism and Value” and “Value” reprinted in Philosophical and Literary Pieces (1939) argue values are constructed in response to specific human needs and that Darwin’s theory of evolution, integrated into a number of Alexander’s works on aesthetics, plays a seminal role in the development the meaning of value. It was published with a preface memoir by his literary executor, John Laid, and includes essays on various literary subjects and philosophical lectures.
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