what is axiology?

Axiology, which stems from two Grrek words- “Axios” means “value, worth” and “logos”
means “reason/ theory/ symbol / science/study of”. Hence, Axiology is the philosophical study
of value and “value” originally meant the worth of something. Axiology asks the questions: What
is a value? Where do values come from? How do we justify our values? How do we know what
is valuable? What is the relationship between values and knowledge? What kinds of values exist?
Can it be demonstrated that one value is better than another? Who benefits from values? etc.

The question of values deals with notions of what a person or a society regards as good or
preferable. Axiology, like metaphysics and epistemology, stands at the very foundation of the
educational process. A major aspect of education is the development of values. And in that
context, the classroom is an axiological theater in which teachers cannot hide their moral selves.
By their actions, teachers constantly instruct groups of highly impressionable young people who
assimilate and imitate their teachers’ value structures to a significant extent.

It has been divided into the following three branches:
(i) Ethics. Ethics discusses the criteria of right and good.
(ii) Aesthetics. Aesthetics discusses the nature and criteria of beauty.
(iii) Logic studies truth. The subject matter of logic includes the methods of judgment, types of proposition, hypothesis, definition, comparison, division, classification and fundamental laws of thoughts, etc.