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Science and Values: The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate (Lane Studies in Regional Government)
Science and Values The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate - Lane Studies in Regional Government Author:Larry Laudan Laudan constructs a fresh approach to a longtime problem for the philosopher of science: how to explain the simultaneous and widespread presence of both agreement and disagreement in science. Laudan critiques the logical empiricists and the post-positivists as he stresses the need for centrality and values and the interdependence of valu... more »es, methods, and facts as prerequisites to solving the problems of consensus and dissent in science.« less