Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry by Helen E. Longino

Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry

Helen E. Longino

280 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science challenging informative slow-paced
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Conventional wisdom has it that the sciences, properly pursued, constitute a pure, value-free method of obtaining knowledge about the natural world. In light of the social and normative dimensions of many scientific debates, Helen Longino finds th...

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