Laudan (1984a)
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Laudan, Larry. (1984) Science and Values. University of California Press.
Title | Science and Values |
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Resource Type | book |
Author(s) | Larry Laudan |
Year | 1984 |
Publisher | University of California Press |
ISBN | 9780520057432 |
Abstract
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.