 In Lask 1911 and Lask 1912, Lask follows his teacher in talking of the object as “containing a value” or being the standard for knowledge. Drawing on Rickert’s ideas, he argues that the objectivity (of an object) is just the same thing as validity (of values), and that both objects and senses share this form. Nevertheless, Lask departs from Rickert’s view in two ways. First, he argues that 