Heather E. Douglas

Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Douglas challenges the traditional value-free ideal, and proposes a new ideal for values in science. She argues that the distinction between junk science and sound science lies in the roles values play at key points throughout science, and that constraining those roles is central to protecting the integrity and objectivity of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780822973577
• Artikelnr.: 40462902

Autorenporträt

Heather E. Douglas is professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. She received her PhD from the History and Philosophy of Science Department at the University of Pittsburgh in 1998 and has held tenure-line positions since then at the University of Puget Sound, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Waterloo. She is the author of numerous articles on values in science, the moral responsibilities of scientists, and the role of science in democratic societies. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, and in 2016 she was named a fellow of the AAAS. She is editor of the book series Science, Values, and the Public.