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Value-free science? ideals and illusions

Title
Value-free science? [electronic resource] : ideals and illusions / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupré, Alison Wylie.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Kincaid, Harold, 1952-
  • Dupré, John.
  • Wylie, Alison.
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 241 p.)
Uniform Title
Value-free science? (Online)
Subject
  • Science > Social aspects
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Objectivity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Pt. I. Case studies. Fact and value / John Dupré -- Social problems / Michael Root -- Coming to terms with the values of science : insights from the Feminist Science Studies Scholarship / Alison Wylie and Lynn Hankinson Nelson -- Evaluating scientist : examining the effects of sexism and nepotism / K. Brad Wray. Pt. II. Evidence and values. Evidence and value freedom / Elliott Sober -- 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 -- Constructive empiricism and the role of social values in science / Sherrilyn Roush -- The value ladenness of scientific knowledge / Gerald Doppelt -- Contextualist morals and science / Harold Kincaid
LCCN
2006045302
OCLC
ssj0000090093
Title
Value-free science? [electronic resource] : ideals and illusions / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupré, Alison Wylie.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Kincaid, Harold, 1952-
Dupré, John.
Wylie, Alison.
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