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Is science value free? : values and scientific understanding

Title
Is science value free? : values and scientific understanding / Hugh Lacey.
Author
Lacey, Hugh.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

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Description
xiv, 285 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
In this book, Hugh Lacey explicates and appraises the view that science is value free. Lacey discusses how science and values interact, with a focus on a discussion of development, and science's place in development - particularly in third-world countries.
Series Statement
Philosophical issues in science
Uniform Title
Philosophical issues in science
Subject
  • Science > Philosophy
  • Objectivity
  • Values
  • 30.02 philosophy and theory of the exact sciences
  • 08.35 philosophy of science
  • Naturwissenschaften
  • Objektivität
  • Wertfreiheit
  • Wissenschaft
  • Natuurwetenschappen
  • Waardevrijheid
  • Objectiviteit
  • Filosofia da ciencia
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-280) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction: the idea that science is value free -- 2. Values -- 3. Cognitive values -- 4. Science as value free: provisional theses -- 5. Scientific understanding -- 6. The control of nature -- 7. Kuhn: scientific activity in different 'worlds' -- 8. A "grassroots empowerment" approach -- 9. A feminist approach -- 10. Science as value free: revised theses -- 11. Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0415208203
  • 9780415208208
  • 0415349036
  • 9780415349031
LCCN
99010016
OCLC
  • ocm40632668
  • 40632668
  • SCSB-865964
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library