β Scribed by Peter K. Machamer; Gereon Wolters
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Few people would argue that science in all its aspects is a value-free endeavor. At the very least, values affect decisions about the choice of research problems to investigate and the uses to which the results of research are applied. This book reveals that the connections and interactions between values and science are quite complex.
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Science, Values, and Objectivity
1. The Epistemic, the Cognitive, and the Social
2. Is There a Significant Distinction between Cognitive and Social Values?
3. Epistemic and Nonepistemic Values in Science
4. The Social in the Epistemic
5. Transcending the Discourse of Social Influences
6. Between Science and Values
7. How Values Can Be Good for Science
8. βSocialβ Objectivity and the Objectivity of Value
9. On the Objectivity of Facts, Beliefs, and Values
10. A Case Study in Objectifying Values in Science
11. Border Skirmishes between Science and Policy: Autonomy, Responsibility, and Values
12. The Prescribed and Proscribed Values in Science Policy
13. Bioethics: Its Foundation and Application in Political Decision Making
14. Knowledge and Control: On the Bearing of Epistemic Values in Applied Science
15. Law and Science
Index
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