Contextual empiricism

Contextual empiricism is a theory about validating scientific knowledge. It is the view that scientific knowledge is shaped by contextual values as well as constitutive ones.^[1] The contextual values of science stem from « the social and cultural environment in which science is done » while constitutive values determine « what constitutes acceptable scientific practice or scientific method. »^[2] Contextual values can determine for example the research topic one chose to study.^[3]

References

↑ Janet Kourany, Scientific Knowledge
↑ Longino, Helen E. (1990). Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-691-20975-3.
↑ Longino, Helen E. (1990). Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20975-3.

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[1] Janet Kourany, Scientific Knowledge

[2] Longino, Helen E. (1990). Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. pp. 4. ISBN 978-0-691-20975-3.

[3] Longino, Helen E. (1990). Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20975-3.

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Contextual empiricism

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