Beyond "Bad Science": Skeptical Reflections on the Value-Freedom of Scientific Inquiry.

Longino, Helen

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Publication Date: 1983

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Beyond "Bad Science": Skeptical Reflections on the Value-Freedom of Scientific Inquiry.

Longino, Helen

Science, Technology, and Human Values, v8 n1 p7-17 Win 1983

Discusses how human cultural and personal values relate to scientific practice (and indirectly to results of that practice), considering interferon, biological risk assessment, plutonium, and sex hormones. Also discusses the significance of these episodes in understanding the (contextual) value-freedom of science. (JN)

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Environmental Education, Integrity, Microbiology, Nuclear Energy, Science Education, Sciences, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Methodology, Social Influences, Technology, Values

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Language: English

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