Value-free science? [electronic resource] : ideals and illusions / edited by Harold Kincaid, John Dupr�e, Alison Wylie.

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 241 pSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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501 22

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Q175.5 .V35 2007eb

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Pt. I. Case studies. Fact and value / John Dupr�e -- 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

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