Histories of the Value-Laden Ideals of Science

Philosophical Perspectives

AvGábor István Bíró,Adam Tamas Tuboly

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This volume challenges oversimplified accounts of the value-free (VFI) and the value-laden ideals (VLI) in twentieth-century philosophy of science. Rather than a single, unified position, it reveals a diversity of perspectives on the relationship between science and values among influential thinkers of the period.Drawing on extensive historical research, the volume examines how philosophers including Rudolf Carnap, Herbert Feigl, Michael Polanyi, Robert K. Merton, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend approached questions of scientific objectivity, autonomy, and social responsibility. Each chapter situates these thinkers within their social and intellectual contexts. The volume demonstrates that even during the Cold War era, many philosophers of science refused to embrace a purely technical approach divorced from social concerns. By opening this “black box” in the history of philosophy of science, it offers a more nuanced understanding of how diverse thinkers conceptualized the proper relationship between scientific inquiry and human values.Histories of the Value-Laden Ideals of Science makes a significant contribution to ongoing debates about objectivity, expertise, and the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. It is essential reading for researchers and graduate students working in the history and philosophy of science.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-21
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041205425

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Gábor Bíró is Associate Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary and Research Fellow at the MTA Lendület Values and Science Research Group, ELTE-Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary.Adam Tamás Tuboly is Senior Research Fellow at the Medical School, University of Pécs, Hungary, and Principal Investigator at the MTA Lendület Values and Science Research Group, ELTE-Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary.

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1. Science, Values, and their Intermingled Histories: Attempts to Refine, Revive, and Reconstruct Gábor Bíró and Adam Tamas Tuboly PART I – The Autonomy of Science in the Age of Autocracies 2. A Peircean Account of Value-Influence in Science Mousa Mohammadian 3. Value-Free Ideals in Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Science Jamie Shaw, Kevin C. Elliott, Kareem Khalifa, and Jonathan Y. Tsou 4. Merton and the Value-Free Ideal of Science Jacopo Ambrosj 5. From the Autonomy of Science to the Science of Autonomy: Michael Polanyi and the Value-Free Ideal of Science Gábor Bíró 6. The Pareto-Criterion in Welfare Economics: A History of Alienation Theo Anders and Alexander Linsbichler PART II – From Idealistic Values to Pragmatic Science 7. Science Without Scientists? In Search of Social Positivism Kelli Barr 8. Metaphysics, Valus, and Positivism: Philipp Frank’s Humanistic Philosophy of Science Adam Tamas Tuboly 9. A Science of Values: West Churchman’s Pragmatist Experimentalism Roberto Gronda 10. Value as Meaning and as Behavior: Charles W. Morris Between Semiotics and Empirical Science Claudia Cristalli and Etienne Raduly 11. Herbert Feigl, Metaethics, and the History of Science and Values Paul L. Franco 12. Thomas Kuhn on Values in Science K. Brad Wray 13. Methodological pluralism in Carnap and Feyerabend Robert Hudson