Can Science Be Objective? Longino's Science as Social Knowledge
Hypatia 8 (3):194-201 (1993)
| Abstract | In Science as Social Knowledge, Helen Longino offers a contextual analysis of evidential relevance. She claims that this "contextual empiricism" reconciles the objectivity of science with the claim that science is socially constructed. I argue that while her account does offer key insights into the role that values play in science, her claim that science is nonetheless objective is problematic. | |||||||||
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