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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451468103321

Titolo

Value-free science? [[electronic resource] ] : ideals and illusions / / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupré, Alison Wylie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16343-0

9786611163433

0-19-534558-4

1-4294-5944-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KincaidHarold <1952->

DupréJohn

WylieAlison

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Science - Social aspects

Science - Philosophy

Objectivity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Pt. I. Case studies. Fact and value / John Dupré -- Social problems / Michael Root -- Coming to terms with the values of science : insights from the Feminist Science Studies Scholarship / Alison Wylie and Lynn Hankinson Nelson -- Evaluating scientist : examining the effects of sexism and nepotism / K. Brad Wray. ; Pt. II. Evidence and values. Evidence and value freedom / Elliott Sober -- Rejecting the ideal of value-free science / Heather Douglas. ; Pt. III. Values and general philosophy of science perspectives. Is logical empiricism committed to the ideal of value-free science? / John T. Roberts -- Constructive empiricism and the role of social values in science / Sherrilyn Roush -- The value ladenness of scientific knowledge / Gerald Doppelt -- Contextualist morals and science / Harold Kincaid

Sommario/riassunto

The contributors to this volume investigate where and how values are involved in science, and examine the implications of this involvement



for ideals of objectivity.