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1. The Purpose of This Study.- 2. Overview of the Inquiry.- 3. Modes of Attending.- 4. The Instruments of Appraisal.- 5. Human Appraisives and General Appraisives.- 6. Definition and the Vocabulary of Appraisal.- 7. The Source and Habitat of Appraisive Terms.- 8. The Appraisives of Natural Languages.- 9. The Objectivity of Appraisals.- 10. The Reality of Value.- 11. Definition and the Understanding of Appraisives.- 12. Appraisive Creativity.- One: Procedures of Appraisal and Judgment.- 1.0 Satisfaction.- 2.0 Response.- 3.0 Appraisal.- 4.0 Enactment.- 5.0 Moral Judgment.- Conclusion of Part One.- Two: The Characterization of Man.- (A) Explanation of Term.- (B) Characterisms.- 6.0 Intellectual Characterization.- 7.0 Behavioral Characterization.- 8.0 Diathetic Characterization.- 9.0 Tendentive Characterization.- 10.0 Sex-Related Characterization.- 11.0 Sociative Characterization.- 12.0 Economic Characterization.- 13.0 Communitive Characterization.- 14.0 Virtue and Vice.- Three: General and Ultimate Appraisal.- 15.0 Commendation.- 16.0 Absolute Valents.- Conclusion of Part Three.- Appendices.- Appendix A. Objects of the Intellect.- A1.0 Significance.- A2.0 Ponence.- A3.0 Inference.- Appendix B. Transcendentives.- B1.0 Religious Appraisives.- B2.0 Transcendental Intensives.- Appendix C. Aesthetic Appraisives.- C1.0 Aesthetic Powers.- C2.0 Aesthetic Characterization.- C3.0 General Aesthetic Appraisives.- Appendix D. Humoristic Appraisives.- Appendix E. Physical Appraisives.- E1.0 Material Appraisives.- E2.0 Environmental Adaptives.- E3.0 Gustatives.- Appendix F. General Metaphysical Appraisives.- F1.0 Metaphysical Appraisives.- F2.0 Magnitudinal Appraisives.- Appendix G. Operatives.- Appendix H. Higher Order Appraisives.- Appendix J. Negations.- Index to Concepts.- Index to Persons and Subject Matter.