THE SCIENTIST, QUA SCIENTIST, IS AN ETHICAL AGENT

• Authors: Kitcher Philip
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

I argue that the currently confused talk about “values in science” should be understood in terms of schemes of values. The new demarcation problem is then formulated as asking “Which scheme(s) of values should scientists adopt?” I defend the view that my title provides the answer.

Keywords

EN

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; VALUE-FREE SCIENCE; EPISTEMIC VALUES; ETHICAL JUDGMENT

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 231 – 243

Contributors

author

Kitcher Philip

• Department of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1150 Amsterdam Ave, 708 Philosophy Hall, MC4971, New York, NY 10027, USA

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.3.1