Value-Free Science Ideal or Illusion? |
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| Editor:
| Kincaid, Harold
Dupre, John
Wylie, Alison |
| ISBN: | 978-1-281-16343-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $87.75 |
Book Description:
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It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not so simple, however, as recent work in science studies makes clear. 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.
It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not so simple, however, as recent work in science studies makes clear. 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.