The Challenge of the social and the pressure of practice

2008

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• Title
• The challenge of the social and the pressure of practice: science and values revisited
• Contributor
• Carrier, Martin
  Howard, Don, professor
  Kourany, Janet A.
  University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
• Statement of Responsibility
• edited by Martin Carrier, Don Howard, and Janet Kourany.
• Date
• 2008
• Identifier
• 31735062135284
• Description
• "In The Challenge of the Social and the Pressure of Practice, philosophers, sociologists, and historians of science offer a multidisciplinary view of the complex interrelationships of values in science and society in both contemporary and historic contexts. They analyze the impact of commercialization and politicization on epistemic aspirations, and, conversely, the ethical dilemmas raised by "practically relevant" science in today's society. For example, much scientific research over the past quarter century has been guided by the financing that supports it. What effect has this had on the quality of research produced and the advancement of real knowledge?" "The contributors reveal how social values affect objectivity, theory, and the direction of inquiry, and examine the by products of external value systems in topics such as "expertise" and "socially robust knowledge," among others. They view science's own internal value systems, the earlier disconnection of societal values from the scientific process, and the plausibility of "value free" science."--BOOK JACKET.
• Extent
• vii, 262 p. ; 25 cm.
• Publisher
• University of Pittsburgh Press
• Place of Publication
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Type
• text
• Genre
• bibliography
  conference publication
  books
  essays
• Subject
• Science--Philosophy--Congresses
  Science--Social aspects--Congresses
  Values--Congresses
  Science and civilization
• Language
• eng
• Collection
• University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
• Contributor
• University of Pittsburgh
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