Both philosophers and scientists have recently promoted transparency as an important
element of responsible scientific practice. Philosophers have placed particular emphasis on …

Both scientists and philosophers of science have recently emphasized the importance of
promoting transparency in science. For scientists, transparency is a way to promote …

Recent philosophical literature has highlighted the complexities of handling dissent in
science. On one hand, scientific dissent can be very harmful, as when “merchants of doubt” …

If contextual values can play necessary and beneficial roles in scientific research, to what
extent should science communicators be transparent about such values? This question is …

It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but
that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not so simple, however, as …

Throughout much of the 20th century, philosophers of science maintained a position known
as the value-free ideal, which holds that non-epistemic (eg, moral, social, political, or …

This essay examines the important roles for values in science, from deciding which research
projects are worth pursuing, to shaping good methodological approaches (including ethical …

The idea that science is or should be value-free, and that values are or should be formed
independently of science, has been under fire by philosophers of science for decades …

Few people, if any, still argue that science in all its aspects is a value-free endeavor. At the
very least, values affect decisions about the choice of research problems to investigate and …

Philosophers of science now broadly agree that doing good science involves making non-
epistemic value judgments. I call attention to two very different normative standards which …