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Philosophy of Science: A Subject with a Great Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Janet A. Kourany
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Abstract

Among philosophers of science nearly a century ago the dominant attitude was that (in Rudolph Carnap's words) philosophy of science was “like science itself, neutral with respect to practical aims, whether they are moral aims for the individual, or political aims for a society.” The dominant attitude today is not much different: our aim is still to articulate scientific rationality, and our understanding of that rationality still excludes the moral and political. I contrast this with the growing entanglements within the sciences of the ethical and the epistemic, and I suggest ways in which philosophers of science can usefully respond.

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Toward a More Political Philosophy of Science
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 75 , Issue 5: Proceedings of the 2006 Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. Part II: Symposia Papers. Edited by Cristina Bicchieri and Jason Alexander , December 2008 , pp. 767 - 778
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