Cordero, Alberto (2004) CONTEMPORARY NATIVISM, SCIENTIFIC TEXTURE, AND THE MORAL LIMITS OF FREE INQUIRY. In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Some thinkers distrust Darwinist explorations of complex human behaviors, particularly investigations into possible differences in valued skills between genders, races or classes. Such projects, it is claimed, tend to have adverse effects on people who are already disadvantaged. A recent argument by Philip Kitcher both clarifies and generalizes this charge to cover a whole genre of scientific projects. In this paper I try to spell out and analyze Kitcher's argument. The argument fails, I suggest, because some of its key premises fail to convince. My analysis focuses on relevant facts about the role of inquiry in fallibilist contexts, the texture of belief in contemporary natural science, and the moral dimension of scientific research.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Cordero, Alberto
Subjects:	General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Ethical Issues Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology
Depositing User:	Alberto Cordero
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2004
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:12
Item ID:	1908
Public Domain:	No
Subjects:	General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Ethical Issues Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology
Date:	2004
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1908

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