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Why have scientists shied away from politics, or defended their work as value free? How has the ideal of neutrality come to dominate the world of science? These are some of the central questions that Robert Proctor addresses in his study of the politics of modern science.
5 Απρ 2007 · This book asks where and how non-epistemic values are involved in science; it explores the roles these values play at the heart of science, in the assessment of evidence and explanations, and it examines the implications this has for ideals of objectivity.
1 Ιαν 2024 · Max Weber defended that science – in particular, social sciences – was “value-free,” because he understood that the axiological neutrality was a complement needed for objectivity of social sciences (which includes political science) and, therefore, for these disciplines, in order to be “sciences.”
1 Ιαν 2009 · The philosophical backbone of these science policies is the rejection of the so-called Value-Free Ideal, which states that non-epistemic values must play no role in the internal stages of...
Why have scientists shied away from politics, or defended their work as value free? How has the ideal of neutrality come to dominate the world of science? These are some of the central...
This intuition is captured in the value-free ideal for science—that social, ethical, and political values should have no influence over the reasoning of scientists, and that scientists should proceed in their work with as little concern as possible for such values.
16 Σεπ 2024 · The ideal of value-free science asserts that there is a part of science (sometimes called the “internal” or “inferential” part) where certain values (“non-epistemic values”) ought not be permitted to have an influence (Douglas, 2009, Ch 3; 2016).
