Roles for Values in Scientific Activities

Axiomathes 28 (6):603-618 (2018)
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My aim in this paper is to rebut objections that have been made of the account of the various roles for values in scientific activities that I have developed, initially in my book Is Science Value Free?, in response to criticizing the proposal that science is value free. Specifically I respond to objections that my account does not recognize the significance of basic science, and that my defense of the ideal of impartiality cannot be sustained.

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10.1007/s10516-018-9386-2

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Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal.Heather Douglas - 2009 - University of Pittsburgh Press.
The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes Value Judgments.Richard Rudner - 1953 - Philosophy of Science 20 (1):1-6.
Philosophy of Science After Feminism.Janet A. Kourany - 2010 - , US: Oxford University Press.

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