Science, values, and objectivity /

"As Science, Values, and Objectivity reveals, the connections and interactions between values and science are quite complex. The essays in this volume identify the crucial values that play a role in science, distinguish some of the criteria that can be used for value identification, and elabora...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Machamer, Peter K., Wolters, Gereon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004
Series:Pittsburgh-Konstanz series in the philosophy and history of science.
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Summary:"As Science, Values, and Objectivity reveals, the connections and interactions between values and science are quite complex. The essays in this volume identify the crucial values that play a role in science, distinguish some of the criteria that can be used for value identification, and elaborate the conditions for warranting certain values as necessary or central to the very activity of scientific research."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 317 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822970866
0822970864
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.