Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry

by Helen E. Longino

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Conventional wisdom has it that the sciences, properly pursued, constitute a pure, value-free method of obtaining knowledge about the natural world. In light of the social and normative dimensions of many scientific debates, Helen Longino finds that general accounts of scientific methodology cannot support this common belief. Focusing on the notion of evidence, the author argues that a methodology powerful enough to account for theories of any...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691020515

ISBN13:9780691020518

Release Date:February 1990

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Education & Reference Epistemology Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Reference Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences Technology Textbooks

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