Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Case Studies
Chapter 2: John Dupré: Fact and Value
Chapter 3: Michael Root: How Should Sociologists Study Social Problems?
Chapter 4: Lynn Hankinson and Allison Wylie: Coming to Terms with the Value(s) of Science: Insights from Feminist Science Scholarship
Chapter 5: Brad Wray: Evaluating Scientists
Part II: Evidence and Values
Chapter 6: Elliott Sober: Evidence and Value Freedom
Chapter 7: Heather Douglas: Rejecting the Ideal of Value Free Science
Chapter 8: John Roberts: Is Logical Empiricism Committed to the Ideal of Value Free Science?
Chapter 9: Sherri Roush: Constructive Empiricism and the Role of Social Values in Science
Chapter 10: Gerald Doppelt: The Value Ladenness of Scientific Knowledge
Chapter 11: Harold Kincaid: Contextualist Morals and Science
Index

About the Author

Harold Kincaid is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama.

John Dupré is Professor of Philosophy of Science and Director of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society at the University of Exeter.

Reviews

"Historians of science whose work has led them to puzzle over their own and their historical actors' judgments of the relations between value and scientific fact will find much of value here."--Alan Richardson, Isis
"A valuable anthology of essays by contemporary philosophers."--Choice
"A well structured and informative introduction provides readers with background on the question of values in science.... Anyone who is interested in the question of values in science...will find Value-Free Science? a worthwhile read."--Lisa Gannett, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews