The two ideals shaping the content of modern science.
Much has been written over the years regarding the norms, values, and ideals of modern science—in a word, what is expected of science and scientists. Most frequently, however, attention has focused on the conduct expected of scientists (e.g., Merton’s norms) rather than on the specific content expec...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 203; no. 5; pp. 1 - 13 |
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May2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=177210467&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 177210467 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00397857 4LI jtl: Synthese issn: 00397857 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2024 vid: 203 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 177210467 10.1007/s11229-024-04554-7 ppf: 1 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 235KB tig: atl: The two ideals shaping the content of modern science. aug: au: Kourany, Janet A. affil: https://ror.org/00mkhxb43 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA sug: keyword: Francis Bacon Humanism Ideal of value-free science Modern science Social good Vannevar Bush ab: Much has been written over the years regarding the norms, values, and ideals of modern science—in a word, what is expected of science and scientists. Most frequently, however, attention has focused on the conduct expected of scientists (e.g., Merton’s norms) rather than on the specific content expected of their scientific contributions, and attention has also tended to focus on the current scene rather than on the events that produced it. So. a kind of two-fold gap exists in our understanding of our scientific heritage. Why is this important? Because it turns out that the two general ideals that have shaped the content of modern science right from the start seem to contradict each other. Nonetheless, they both have enjoyed weighty reasons offered in their defense and they both have exerted strong holds through the centuries on scientists and nonscientists alike, and still exert these holds. And the tradition has not offered any satisfying resolution. So, it is high time we deal with this situation. At least, that is what I attempt to do in this paper. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Synthese is a copyright of Springer, 2024. All Rights Reserved. item: Synthese holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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