Value-free science? Ideals and Illusions

✍ Scribed by Wyley, Alison;Kincaid, Harold;Dupré, John

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 256
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Preface introduction Part I. Case studies 1. Fact and value 2. Social problems 3. Coming to terms with the values of science: insights from feminist science studies scholarship 4. Evaluating scientists: examining the fffects of sexism and nepotism Part II. Evidence and values 5. Evidence and value freedom 6. Rejecting the ideal of value-free science Part III. Values and generalphilosophy of science perspectives 7. Is logical empiricism committed to the ideal of value-free science? 8. Constructive empiricism and the role of social values in science 9. The value ladenness of scientific knowledge 10. Contextualist morals and science -- Index.

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