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Is Science Value Free? (Philosophical Issues in Science) - Softcover

Book 7 of 20: Philosophical Issues in Science

Lacey, Hugh

 
9780415349031: Is Science Value Free? (Philosophical Issues in Science)

Synopsis

Exploring the role of values in scientific inquiry, Hugh Lacey examines the nature and meaning of values, and looks at challenges to the view, posed by postmodernists, feminists, radical ecologists, Third-World advocates and religious fundamentalists, that science is value free. He also focuses on discussions of 'development', especially in Third World countries. This paperback edition includes a new preface.

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About the Author

Hugh Lacey is Professor of Philosophy at Swarthmore College. He is also the co-author (with Barry Schwartz) of Behaviourism, Science and Human Nature.

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