Value-free science? : ideals and illusions /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kincaid, Harold, 1952-, Dupré, John, Wylie, Alison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Science > Social aspects.
Science > Philosophy.
Objectivity.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Objectivité.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Objectivity
Science > Philosophy
Science > Social aspects
Philosophie des sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 scientists: 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.

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