Value-free science? : ideals and illusions / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupré, Alison Wylie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kincaid, Harold, 1952-

Dupré, John.

Wylie, Alison.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Science--Philosophy.

Objectivity.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not so simple, however, as recent work in science studies makes clear. 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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195308969

0195308964

OCLC:

65644837