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Value-Free Science : Ideals and Illusions?.
Title:
Value-Free Science : Ideals and Illusions?.
Author:
Kincaid, Harold.
ISBN:
9780195345582
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: CASE STUDIES -- ONE: Fact and Value -- TWO: Social Problems -- THREE: Coming to Terms with the Values of Science: Insights from Feminist Science Studies Scholarship -- FOUR: Evaluating Scientists: Examining the Effects of Sexism and Nepotism -- PART II: EVIDENCE AND VALUES -- FIVE: Evidence and Value Freedom -- SIX: Rejecting the Ideal of Value-Free Science -- PART III: VALUES AND GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES -- SEVEN: Is Logical Empiricism Committed to the Ideal of Value-Free Science? -- EIGHT: Constructive Empiricism and the Role of Social Values in Science -- NINE: The Value Ladenness of Scientific Knowledge -- TEN: Contextualist Morals and Science -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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