The Routledge Handbook of Values and Science.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Kevin C.

Contributor:

Elliott, Kevin C.

Richards, Ted

Series:

Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science.

Values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (553 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

This is the first-ever handbook to cover the vibrant philosophical literature on values and science.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

1. An Introduction to Values and Science

PART I: Theoretical Background on Values and Science

2. Feminist Challenges to the Value-Free Ideal of Science

3. Standpoint Theory

4. Values and Objectivity

5. Arguments Against the Value-Free Ideal

6. Recent Arguments for the Ideal of Value-Free Science

7. What Does It Mean to Say that Science is Value-Laden?

8. Aesthetic Values in Scientific Practice: Contemporary Debates

9. Representational Risk Revisited

PART II: Managing Values in Science

10. Reflecting on Responses to the New Demarcation Problem

11. An Intermediate Approach to Value Management

12. Democracy, Consensus, and the Value-Free Ideal

13. Critical Contextual Empiricism

14. Values in Global Science and the Relevance of Geographic Diversity

15. The Limits of Diversity in Science: The Case of Human Microbiome Research

16. Transparency in Science

PART III: Values, Science, and Democracy

17. Scientific Knowledge as a Public Resource: Arguments and Challenges for a Democratic Approach to Values in Science

18. Measuring the Public's Values: Are the Data Adequate for Purpose?

19. FDA Evidentiary Standards and the Need to Attend to Stakeholders' Values

20. Science and Democracy

21. Science and Religion in a Democratic Society

22. Values in Science in Nondemocratic Contexts

23. Science and Social Justice

24. Algorithmic Abolitionism and the Racial Algorithm

PART IV: Values, Science, Institutions, and Organizations

25. The Values of Science Funding Institutions

26. Values and Industry-Funded Research

27. Epistemic Intimidation and Illegitimate Value Influences in Science

28. Networks and Values.

29. Valuing Partnerships in Agricultural Genomics Research: Using More Empirically Informed Philosophical Approaches to Advance the Science and Values Debates

30. Values and Assessment Reports on Climate Change

31. Indigenous Peoples' Leadership in Environmental Science Assessments

32. Controversies in Vaccine Policy

33. Values and Dual Use Biomedical Research

PART V: Values in Scientific Activities

34. Values and Measurement

35. Science, Values, and Race Correction

36. Value Overlaps in Transdisciplinary and Intercultural Collaboration

37. Tragedy or Transition?: How Science and Values Matter for Climate Change Frames

38. Values in Science Communication Models

39. Values in Research Ethics Education

PART VI: Values in Specific Sciences

40. "Every Cell Has a Sex": Sex Essentialism in Biomedical Research

41. Values in Human Genomics

42. Philosophical Approaches to Values in Climate Science

43. The Power of Value-Laden Framing: Examples from Wildlife Conservation Research

44. Values in Economics

45. Artificial Intelligence: Values, Governance, and Policy

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-003-46910-8

1-04-071582-6

9781003469100

OCLC:

1579697186

Publisher Number:

CIPO000346068