Science, Values and Objectivity

Science & Education - Tập 11 - Trang 191-202 - 2002
Peter Davson-Galle1
1Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia

Tóm tắt

This article attempts to ascertain whether thepresence of biasing values in the practiceof science is an inbuilt feature of an idealisedinstitution, Science, and judges that thosevalues inbuilt to Science are not a source of bias.

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