THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SCIENCE. TOWARD AN AXIOLOGICAL NOTION OF SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVITY
THE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF SCIENCE. TOWARD AN AXIOLOGICAL NOTION OF SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVITY
Author(s): Anna IvanovaSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: scientific objectivity; epistemic values; trustworthiness of science
Summary/Abstract: Discussions on the trustworthiness of science concern scientific objectivity. Scientificproducts, methods, and institutions are objective in three different senses. In eachcase, the notion of objectivity is applied to the outcomes of the scientific enterprise.This interpretation neglects the human side of objectivity. The trust in science is rationalonly when it is not grounded in an impersonal view of knowledge. Since trust is a valuethat connects people, society places its credence not in a system of propositions,a methodology, a tradition, or even—an institution, but rather in the living people thatpractice science today.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 213-220
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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