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Value-free science? : ideals and illusions / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupre, Alison Wylie.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Science--Philosophy.
- Objectivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Dupre
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029479-5
- 1-281-16343-0
- 9786611163433
- 0-19-534558-4
- 1-4294-5944-1
- OCLC:
- 99932822
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