Sisyphean science: why value freedom is worth pursuing

Menon, Tarun and Stegenga, Jacob (2023) Sisyphean science: why value freedom is worth pursuing. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 13 (4). ISSN 1879-4912

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Abstract

The value-free ideal in science has been criticised as both unattainable and undesirable. We argue that it can be defended as a practical principle guiding scientific research even if the unattainability and undesirability of a value-free end-state are granted. If a goal is unattainable, then one can separate the desirability of accomplishing the goal from the desirability of pursuing it. We articulate a novel value-free ideal, which holds that scientists should act as if science should be value-free, and we argue that even if a purely value-free science is undesirable, this value-free ideal is desirable to pursue.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Menon, Tarun and Stegenga, Jacob
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Philosophy & psychology Social sciences
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7010
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-023-00552-7

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