Jan De Winter

Interests and Epistemic Integrity in Science

A New Framework to Assess Interest Influences in Scientific Research Processes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book distinguishes acceptable from unacceptable interest influences in science. Jan De Winter criticizes existing views on the integrity of science and the roles of financial, political, and other interests in science, and develops an alternative view to shed new light on cases in all areas of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781498529334
• ISBN-10: 149852933X
• Artikelnr.: 44841454

Autorenporträt

Jan De Winter earned his PhD in philosophy from Ghent University, and currently teaches ethics to children and adolescents.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1 THE ROLES OF INTERESTS WITHIN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Chapter 1: The Ideal of Purity Chapter 2: Mechanistic Artifact Explanation
Chapter 3: Explanations in Software Engineering Chapter 4: Interests and
Explanation in the Sciences Part 2 EPISTEMIC INTEGRITY Chapter 5:
Developing a Concept of Epistemic Integrity Chapter 6: The Four
Requirements of Explication Chapter 7: The Space Shuttle Program Chapter 8:
Controversies concerning the IPCC Chapter 9: Frans de Waal's Work on Animal
Morality Conclusion Bibliography