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Science Values and Objectivity.
Title:
Science Values and Objectivity.
Author:
Machamer, Peter.
ISBN:
9780822970866
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Series:
Pitt Konstanz Phil Hist Scienc
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Science, Values, and Objectivity -- 1. The Epistemic, the Cognitive, and the Social -- 2. Is There a Significant Distinction between Cognitive and Social Values? -- 3. Epistemic and Nonepistemic Values in Science -- 4. The Social in the Epistemic -- 5. Transcending the Discourse of Social Influences -- 6. Between Science and Values -- 7. How Values Can Be Good for Science -- 8. "Social" Objectivity and the Objectivity of Value -- 9. On the Objectivity of Facts, Beliefs, and Values -- 10. A Case Study in Objectifying Values in Science -- 11. Border Skirmishes between Science and Policy: Autonomy, Responsibility, and Values -- 12. The Prescribed and Proscribed Values in Science Policy -- 13. Bioethics: Its Foundation and Application in Political Decision Making -- 14. Knowledge and Control: On the Bearing of Epistemic Values in Applied Science -- 15. Law and Science -- Index.
Abstract:
Collection of essays that identify the values crucial to science, distinguish some of the criteria that can be used for value identification, and elaborate the conditions for warranting certain values as necessary or central to scientific research.
Local Note:
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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