Description
It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not so simple, however, as recent work in science studies makes clear. The contributors to this volume investigate where and how values are involved in science, and examine the implications of this involvement for ideals of objectivity.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 IntroductionPart I Case StudiesChapter 2. Fact and Value, John Dupr? (University of Exeter)Chapter 3. How Should Sociologists Study Social Problems? Michael Root (University of Minnesota)Chapter 4. Coming to Terms with the Value(s) of Science: Insights from Feminist Science Scholarship, Lynn Hankinson Nelson and Alison Wylie (University of Washington)Chapter 5. Evaluating Scientists, Brad Wray (SUNY Oswego)Part II Evidence and ValuesChapter 6. Elliott Sober, Evidence and Value Freedom, Elliott Sober (University of Wisconsin)Chapter 7. Rejecting the Ideal of Value Free Science, Heather Douglas (University of Tennessee)Part III Values and General Philosophy of Science PerspectivesChapter 8. Is Logical Empiricism Committed to the Ideal of Value Free Science? John Roberts (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Chapter 9. Constructive Empiricism and the Role of Social Values in Science, Sherri Roush (Rice University)Chapter 10. The Value Ladenness of Scientific Knowledge, Gerald Doppelt (University of California, San Diego)Chapter 11. Contextualist Morals and Science, Harold Kincaid (University of Alabama at Birmingham)Index
