Politi, Vincenzo (2024) The Value-Free Ideal, the Autonomy Thesis, and Cognitive Diversity. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Some debates about the role of non-epistemic values in science discuss the so-called Value-Free Ideal together with the autonomy thesis, to the point that they may be assumed to be intertwined. As I will argue in this article, the two are independent from one another, are supported by different arguments, and ought to be disentangled. I will also show that the arguments against value-freedom and supporting a value-laden conception of science, are different from the arguments against autonomy and supporting democratized science. Moreover, while some of the arguments against autonomy and for democratized science may actually be consistent with value-freedom, they conflict with some philosophical views about the internal diversity of well-designed epistemic communities. This article distinguishes the Value-Free Ideal and the autonomy thesis, as well as their antitheses, and investigates their relations to some of the socio-epistemological models of the social organization of scientific research. Its aim is to make explicit some incompatibilities between different normative frameworks developed in philosophy of science.
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| Keywords: | Value-Free Ideal; Autonomy; Democratization of Science; Cognitive Labor; Social Epistemology; Political Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Vincenzo Politi | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2024 16:52 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2024 16:52 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 23564 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | 2024 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23564 |
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