Douglas, Heather (2022) Addressing the reproducibility crisis: A response to Hudson. [Preprint]

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Abstract

In this response to Robert Hudson’s article, “Should We Strive to Make Science Bias-Free? A Philosophical Assessment of the Reproducibility Crisis,” we identify three ways in which he misrepresents our work: (1) he conflates value-ladenness with bias; (2) he describes our view as one in which values are the same as evidential factors; and (3) he creates a false dichotomy between two ways that values could be considered in science for policy. We share Hudson’s concerns about promoting scientific reproducibility and reducing bias in science, but we reject his view that the value-free ideal provides helpful guidance for addressing these issues.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Douglas, Heather dougl239@msu.edu 0000-0003-1068-8948
Subjects:	General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Prof. Heather Douglas
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2026 13:33
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2026 13:33
Item ID:	27909
Subjects:	General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2022
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27909

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