The Trustworthiness of Science. Toward an Axiological Notion of Scientific Objectivity

• Authors: Ivanova Anna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Discussions on the trustworthiness of science concern scientific objectivity. Scientific products, methods, and institutions are objective in three different senses. In each case, 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 rational only when it is not grounded in an impersonal view of knowledge. Since trust is a value that 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 that practice science today.

Keywords

EN

scientific objectivity; epistemic values; trustworthiness of science

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 213-220

Contributors

author

Ivanova Anna

• St. Cyril and St. Methodius University, 5003 Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria 2 T. Turnovski str., Bulgaria.