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9780195308969

Value-Free Science Ideals and Illusions?

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195308969

  • ISBN10:

    0195308964

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-03-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

"It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be free of the influence of any values that are not purely epistemic. As recent work in philosophy, history, and social studies of science shows, however, things are not so simple. The contributors to this volume ask where and how nonepistemic values are involved in science; they explore the roles these values play at the heart of science, in the assessment of evidence and explanations, and they examine the implications this has for ideals of objectivity."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography


Harold Kincaid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama.
John Dupre is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Director of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Case Studies
Fact and Value
How Should Sociologists Study Social Problems?
Coming to Terms with the Value(s) of Science: Insights from Feminist Science Scholarship
Evaluating Scientists
Evidence and Values
Evidence and Value Freedom
Rejecting the Ideal of Value Free Science
Is Logical Empiricism Committed to the Ideal of Value Free Science?
Constructive Empiricism and the Role of Social Values in Science
The Value Ladenness of Scientific Knowledge
Contextualist Morals and Science
Index
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