Unit 6: Optional theme — Philosophy of science
Topic 6.3: Science and society Questions
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According to the case that values are 'baked in', values mainly enter science through:
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The 'implications of science' means:
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True or false? Longino thinks ALL values must be scrubbed out for science to be objective.
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The 'knowledge is neutral' view of a scientist's responsibility says:
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The 'scientists foresee and choose' view holds that scientists:
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The strongest position on a scientist's responsibility is usually that it is:
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The ideal of 'value-free science' is the idea that:
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A key point about funding and the facts is that funders:
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Which is one of the four values science is meant to embody?
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Illnesses that mostly affect poorer countries get less research funding mainly because:
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True or false? Funding decides which scientific truths get chased first, but can't change what's actually true.
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Fill the gap: for Longino, objectivity is kept not by one neutral mind but by open, diverse ______ — a community checking each other's values.
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'Big science' (like the Human Genome Project or the LHC) shows that:
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Why does the SOURCE of research funding matter, philosophically?
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Fill the gap: research so large and costly it needs whole nations or global teams to fund it is called '______ science'.
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Fill the gap: the ______-use problem is that the same discovery can be used for good OR for harm.
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For Longino, science stays objective through:
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Longino's 'constitutive' values are:
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True or false? The strongest position is that a scientist is EITHER totally guilty OR totally innocent for how their work is used.
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