Is Science Value Free? Values And Scientific Understanding

Hugh Lacey

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'Hugh Lacey's book gives a careful and well-rounded treatment of the unceasingly topical and controversial question of the role of values in scientific inquiry.' Miranda Fricker, Heythrop College The idea that science is free has been challenged over the years by a number of different sides, including postmodernists, feminists, radical ecologists, third-world advocates and religious fundamentalists. 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. Is Science Value Free? takes a unique approach to this ongoing discussion in the following ways: * exploring the nature and meaning of 'values' * discussing challenges to the view that science is as value free as possible * defining 'levels' of scientific inquiry, bringing us closer to the possibility of a neutral ideal. Is Science Value Free? gives us a refreshing and intriguing new look at how we see and study science. Students of science and philosophy of science will find this to be an invaluable read.

Sommaire

    • Introduction: the idea that science is value free
    • Values
    • Cognitive values
    • Science as value free: provisional theses
    • Scientific understanding
    • The control of nature
    • Kuhn: scientific activity in different " worlds "
    • A " grassroots empowerment " approach
    • A feminist approach
    • Science as value free: revised theses.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    01/10/1999
  • Editeur
  • Collection
    philosophical issues in scienc
  • ISBN
    0-415-20820-3
  • EAN
    9780415208208
  • Présentation
    Relié
  • Nb. de pages
    285 pages
  • Poids
    0.48 Kg
  • Dimensions
    14,4 cm × 22,3 cm × 2,8 cm

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Biographie de Hugh Lacey

Hugh Lacey is Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College.

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