Alexandra, Karakas and Adam Tamas, Tuboly (2024) Materializing values. [Preprint]
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Abstract
In contrast to the history of science and to science and technology studies, the value discourse in the philosophy of science has not provided a thorough analysis of the material culture of science. Instruments in science have a special characteristic, namely that they explicitly and clearly emerge from and remain embedded in social contexts, and are thus imbued with values. We argue that the materials (in most cases they are artifacts) used in science are necessarily influenced by both epistemic and non-epistemic considerations. A consequence of this is that a descriptive term cannot give sufficient information whether an artifact is performing in an acceptable way. Instead of the prevailing descriptive approach, we therefore advocate a normative notion of values in the material culture of science. To this end, we connect the material culture of science to the so-called “new demarcation problem”, in order to lay the foundations for a value-sensitive approach to the analysis of instruments. By assessing the five approaches of demarcation concerning value-influences, it will be shown that they break down at various points if the material aspects of science are taken seriously.
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| Additional Information: | Forthcoming in Synthese | |||||||||
| Keywords: | philosophy of science; material culture of science; artefacts; science and values; philosophy of technology, science studies, new demarcation problem | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Adam Tamas Tuboly | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2024 14:40 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Jun 2024 14:40 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 23513 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science General Issues > History of Science Case Studies General Issues > Technology General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 2024 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23513 |
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