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Epistemic and Non-epistemic Values in Earthquake Engineering
The importance of epistemic values in science is universally recognized, whereas the role of non-epistemic values is sometimes considered disputable....
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Non-epistemic values and scientific assessment: an adequacy-for-purpose view
The literature on values in science struggles with questions about how to describe and manage the role of values in scientific research. We argue...
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How to Incorporate Non-Epistemic Values into a Theory of Classification
Non-epistemic values play important roles in classificatory practice, such that philosophical accounts of kinds and classification should be able to...
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The Value-Free Ideal of Science: A Useful Fiction? A Review of Non-epistemic Reasons for the Research Integrity Community
Even if the “value-free ideal of science” (VFI) were an unattainable goal, one could ask: can it be a useful fiction, one that is beneficial for the...
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Values, bias and replicability
The Value-free ideal of science (VFI) is a view that claims that scientists should not use non-epistemic values when they are justifying their...
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Materializing values
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...
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The Epistemic Basis of the Contrast Between Islamic and Non-Islamic Scientific Thought
Continuing from previous chapters the discussion regarding the field of IPS based on qur’anic ta’wil interpretation of verses establishes grounds for...
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Non-epistemic values in sha** the parameters for evaluating the effectiveness of candidate vaccines: the case of an Ebola vaccine trial
This paper examines the case of Ebola, ça Suffit trial which was conducted in Guinea during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in 2015. I demonstrate...
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Values in public health: an argument from trust
Research on the role of values in science and objectivity has typically approached trust through its epistemic aspects. Yet, recent work on public...
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Theory choice, non-epistemic values, and machine learning
I use a theorem from machine learning, called the “No Free Lunch” theorem (NFL) to support the claim that non-epistemic values are essential to...
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Anthropocene, planetary boundaries and tip** points: interdisciplinarity and values in Earth system science
Earth system science (ESS) and modelling have given rise to a new conceptual framework in the recent decades, which goes much beyond climate science....
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Non-deterministic Logic of Generalized Classical Truth Values
In this paper, we are going to combine two trends: non-deterministic logic and bi-facial logic of generalized truth values. Non-deterministic...
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Science, Values, and the New Demarcation Problem
In recent years, many philosophers of science have rejected the “value-free ideal” for science, arguing that non-epistemic values have a legitimate...
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The Deception of Certainty: how Non-Interpretable Machine Learning Outcomes Challenge the Epistemic Authority of Physicians. A deliberative-relational Approach
Developments in Machine Learning (ML) have attracted attention in a wide range of healthcare fields to improve medical practice and the benefit of...
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Looking beyond values: The legitimacy of social perspectives, opinions and interests in science
This paper critically assesses the current debates in philosophy of science that focus on the concept of values. In these debates, it is often...
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Values
In the Anthropocene debates about “values” are connected to the idea that the importance of nature for society can be expressed quantitatively....
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Values as heuristics: a contextual empiricist account of assessing values scientifically
Feminist philosophers have discussed the prospects for assessing values empirically, particularly given the ongoing threat of sexism and other...
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Must Epistemic Values Conflict?
In his rich and expansive paper, Crispin Wright argues that the introduction of skeptical scenarios does not move the needle in the debate between...
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A Values Framework for Evaluating Alienation in Off-Earth Food Systems
Given the technological constraints of long-duration space travel and planetary settlement, off-Earth humans will likely need to employ food systems...
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Science and values: a two-way direction
In the science and values literature, scholars have shown how science is influenced and shaped by values, often in opposition to the ‘value free’...