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Titolo: | Value-free science? [[electronic resource] ] : ideals and illusions / / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupré, Alison Wylie |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina: | 501 |
Soggetto topico: | Science - Social aspects |
Science - Philosophy | |
Objectivity | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | KincaidHarold <1952-> DupréJohn WylieAlison |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Value-free science |
ISBN: | 1-281-16343-0 |
9786611163433 | |
0-19-534558-4 | |
1-4294-5944-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451468103321 |
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