Sargent, Rose-Mary (2008) Philosophy of Science in the Public Interest: Useful Knowledge and the Common Good. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The standard of disinterested objectivity embedded within the US Data Quality Act (2001) has been used by corporate and political interests as a way to limit the dissemination of scientific research results that conflict with their goals. This is an issue that philosophers of science can, and should, publicly address because it involves an evaluation of the strength and adequacy of evidence. Analysis of arguments from a philosophical tradition that defended a concept of useful knowledge (later displaced by Logical Empiricism) is used here to suggest how the legitimacy of scientific findings can be supported in the absence of disinterested objectivity.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Sargent, Rose-Mary
Keywords:	Common Good Public Interest Data Quality Act Francis Bacon Logical Empiricism Useful Knowledge John Dewey Disinterested Objectivity Objectivity
Subjects:	General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Values In Science General Issues > Science and Policy
Depositing User:	Rose-Mary Sargent
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2008
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:17
Item ID:	4300
Subjects:	General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > Philosophers of Science General Issues > Values In Science General Issues > Science and Policy
Date:	2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4300

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