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Heather Douglas: Is Science Value-Free? (Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal)

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009, 210 pp, ISBN-13: 978-0822960263

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    Gregory J. Morgan

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Morgan, G.J. Heather Douglas: Is Science Value-Free? (Science, Policy, and the Value-Free Ideal). Sci Eng Ethics 16, 423–426 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-010-9204-8

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