Science, Reasons and Normativity

Onora O'Neill

European Review, 2013, vol. 21, issue S1, S94-S99

Abstract: Science is often seen as empirical inquiry that aims at proof or explanation, but eschews normative considerations. This, I shall argue, is inadequate. Scientific thinking and practice also depend on additional standards, including a range of norms that are not and cannot be established by empirical methods. It follows that science cannot and should not aspire to be value free.

Date: 2013
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