Value-Free Science? : Ideals and Illusions

Name: Value-Free Science?
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195308969
Price: 12900 KES
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ISBN: 9780195308969

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0195308964

ISBN-13 9780195308969

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 5th, 2007

Print length 256 Pages

Weight 466 grams

Dimensions 14.80 x 22.50 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of science

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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. This volume investigates where and how values are involved in science, and examines the implications of this involvement for ideals of objectivity.

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.

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