Value-free science?
Subtitle: ideals and illusions
By: edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupré, Alison Wylie
Contributors: Kincaid, Harold, 1952-; Dupré, John; Wylie, Alison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780195308969
Subjects: Science -- Social aspects; Science -- Philosophy; Objectivity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Case studies. Fact and value / John Dupré; title: Social problems / Michael Root; title: Coming to terms with the values of science: insights from the Feminist Science Studies Scholarship / Alison Wylie and Lynn Hankinson Nelson; title: Evaluating scientists: examining the effects of sexism and nepotism / K. Brad Wray. Pt. II. Evidence and values. Evidence and value freedom / Elliott Sober; title: 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; title: Constructive empiricism and the role of social values in science / Sherrilyn Roush; title: The value ladenness of scientific knowledge / Gerald Doppelt; title: Contextualist morals and science / Harold Kincaid