Science and Values
The Aims of Science and Their Role in Scientific Debate| By: | Larry Laudan |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780520057432 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780520908116 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1986 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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 values, methods, and facts as prerequisites to solving the problems of consensus and dissent in science.