Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorWhite Horse Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031997Rolston, Holmes, III, Nature, the Genesis of Value, and Human Understanding, Environmental Values 6, no. 3 (August 1997): 361-364.http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70414Includes bibliographical references (page 364).Many anthropogenic values are indeed important, but I deny that nature is otherwise value free, and recommend to humans a psychological joining (with) ongoing natural history, since there is value wherever there is positive creativity. Epistemologically, it is impossible for any knower not to be participant in what he or she knows. We will have to use our eyes, ears, noses, hands, minds. What we know will be filtered through our percepts and concepts. But that does not make the discovery of valued features in nature assimilationist or anthropocentric. I defend a rather more critical realism.born digitalarticleseng©1997 White Horse Press.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Text