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1 online resource (273 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"The origin of the present volume was a conference on science and values held at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) in Bielefeld, Germany, in July 2003." |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: science and the social / Martin Carrier -- Part I. The play of values within the core areas of scientific research -- Must evidence underdetermine theory? / John D. Norton -- Values and their intersection : reduction as methodology and ideology / Margaret Morrison -- Values, heuristics, and the politics of knowledge / Helen E. Longino -- Replacing the ideal of value-free science / Janet A. Kourany -- Scientific values and the values of science / Jay F. Rosenberg -- Part II. The demands of society on science : socially robust knowledge and expertise -- How robust is "socially robust knowledge"? / Peter Weingart -- In defense of some sweeping claims about socially robust knowledge / Roger Strand -- Third wave science studies : toward a history and philosophy of expertise / Christopher Hamlin -- Part III. The exigencies of research funding : epistemic values and economic benefit -- The community of science / James Robert Brown -- Science in the grip of the economy : on the epistemic impact of the commercialization of research / Martin Carrier -- Promoting disinterestedness or making use of bias? : interests and moral obligation in commercialized research / Matthias Adam. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Science -- Philosophy -- Congresses.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Science -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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Values -- Congresses.
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Values. |
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Science and civilization.
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Science and civilization. |
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Science. |
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Social Values. |
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Civilization. |
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Philosophy. |
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Congress.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Carrier, Martin, editor.
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Howard, Don, 1949- editor.
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Kourany, Janet A., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Challenge of the social and the pressure of practice : science and values revisited. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2008 vii, 262 pages 9780822943174 |
| ISBN |
9780822971139 (e-book) |
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0822971135 (e-book) |
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9780822943174 |
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0822943174 |
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9780822962779 |
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0822962772 |
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