Kitcher on Well-Ordered Science: Should Science Be Measured against the Outcomes of Ideal Democratic Deliberation?

What should the goals of scientific inquiry be? What questions should scientists investigate, and how should our resources be distributed between different lines of investigation? Philip Kitcher has suggested that we should answer these questions by appealing to an ideal based on the consideration o...

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Main Author: Arnon Keren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Basque Country 2013-05-01
Series:Theoria
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Online Access:http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/6590