PHILOS C123/236:
Science and values
Schedule of Readings and Assignments
I. The Value-Free Ideal and its Critics
Monday, September 30
Elliott, pp. 1-15.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 2
I am out of town, so this lecture will be pre-recorded.
Elliott, pp. 15-19.
McMullin, E. 1982. "Values in science." PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1982: 3-28. (skip Section 3)
[HANDOUT] [PPT] [RECORDING. Passcode: P$+9k5QB]
Grad Section (236):
A. The Aims Argument
Monday, October 7
Elliott, pp. 29-31.
Elliott, K. C., and D. J. McKaughan. 2014. "Nonepistemic values and the multiple goals of science." Philosophy of Science 81 (1): 1-21.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 9
Steel, D. 2016. "Accepting an epistemically inferior alternative? A comment on Elliott and McKaughan." Philosophy of Science 83 (4): 606-612.
Steel, D. 2017. "Qualified epistemic priority: Comparing two approaches to values in science." In Current controversies in values and science, edited by K. C. Elliott and D. Steel, 49-63. Routledge.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
B. The Gap Argument (Underdetermination)
Monday, October 14
Elliott, pp. 19-22.
Anderson, E. 2004. "Uses of value judgments in science: a general argument, with lessons from a case study of feminist research on divorce." Hypatia 19 (1): 1-24.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 16
Elliott, pp. 31-34
Intemann, K. 2005. "Feminism, underdetermination, and values in science." Philosophy of Science 72 (5): 1001-1012.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
C. The Error Argument (Inductive Risk)
Monday, October 21
Elliott, pp. 22-28.
Douglas, H. E. 2000. "Inductive risk and values in science." Philosophy of Science 67 (4): 559-579.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 23
Levi, Isaac. 1960. "Must the Scientist Make Value Judgments?" The Journal of Philosophy 57 (11): 345-357.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
Monday, October 28
Elliott, pp. 34-37.
Discussion Day #1 (Questions are due noon on Sunday, October 27)
Wednesday,
October 30
Class Cancelled
Grad Section (236)
Friday, November 1
Midterm Due at 11:59PM
II. The Value Management Problem
A. Democratic Values and Science
Monday, November 4
Elliott, pp. 37-41.
Bright, L. K. 2018. Du Bois’ democratic defence of the value free ideal. Synthese, 195(5), 2227-2245
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, November 6
Schroeder, S. A. 2021. "Democratic values: a better foundation for public trust in science." The British journal for the philosophy of science 72 (2): 545-562.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
Monday, November 11
Veteran’s Day: No class.
Wednesday, November 13
Le Bihan, S. 2023. "How to not secure public trust in science: representative values v. polarization and marginalization." Philosophy of Science: 1-16.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
B. Roles of Values
Monday, November 18
Elliott, pp. 42-44.
Douglas, H. E. 2009. “The structure of values in science,” in Science, policy, and the value-free ideal. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 87-114. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, November 20
Steel, D., and K. Powys Whyte. 2012. "Environmental justice, values, and scientific expertise." Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 22 (2): 163-182. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
Friday, November 22
Outline Assignment Due, 11:59PM
C. Values and Objectivity
Monday, November 25
Elliott, pp. 44-48.
Longino, H. E. 1990. “Values and objectivity” in Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Princeton University Press, 62-82. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, November 27
de Melo-Martín, I., and K. Intemann. 2018. “Failing to play by the rules” in The fight against doubt: how to bridge the gap between scientists and the public. New York: Oxford University Press, 44-59. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
Monday, December 2
Elliott, pp. 48-60
[PPT]
Wednesday, December 4
Discussion Day #2 (Questions are due at noon on Tuesday, December 3)
Grad Section (236)
Monday, December 9
Final Paper Due at 11:59PM
I. The Value-Free Ideal and its Critics
Monday, September 30
Elliott, pp. 1-15.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 2
I am out of town, so this lecture will be pre-recorded.
Elliott, pp. 15-19.
McMullin, E. 1982. "Values in science." PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1982: 3-28. (skip Section 3)
[HANDOUT] [PPT] [RECORDING. Passcode: P$+9k5QB]
Grad Section (236):
- Okruhlik, Kathleen. 1994. "Gender and the Biological Sciences." Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume 20: 21-42.
- Khalifa, Kareem. 2020. "Understanding, Truth, and Epistemic Goals." Philosophy of Science 87 (5): 944-956.
- Skills Reading: Kinds of Analytical Essays
A. The Aims Argument
Monday, October 7
Elliott, pp. 29-31.
Elliott, K. C., and D. J. McKaughan. 2014. "Nonepistemic values and the multiple goals of science." Philosophy of Science 81 (1): 1-21.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 9
Steel, D. 2016. "Accepting an epistemically inferior alternative? A comment on Elliott and McKaughan." Philosophy of Science 83 (4): 606-612.
Steel, D. 2017. "Qualified epistemic priority: Comparing two approaches to values in science." In Current controversies in values and science, edited by K. C. Elliott and D. Steel, 49-63. Routledge.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- Brown, Matthew J. 2017. "Values in Science: Against Epistemic Priority." In Current Controversies in Values and Science, edited by Kevin C. Elliott and Daniel Steel, 64-78. Routledge.
- Khalifa, Kareem, Jared Millson, and Mark Risjord. forthcoming. "Inquiry and Epistemic Priority: Lessons from Segregation Research." In Values, Pluralism, and Pragmatism: Themes from the Work of Matthew J. Brown, edited by Jonathan Y. Tsou, Jamie Shaw and Carla Fehr. Cham: Springer.
- Skills Reading: Reconstructing Arguments
B. The Gap Argument (Underdetermination)
Monday, October 14
Elliott, pp. 19-22.
Anderson, E. 2004. "Uses of value judgments in science: a general argument, with lessons from a case study of feminist research on divorce." Hypatia 19 (1): 1-24.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 16
Elliott, pp. 31-34
Intemann, K. 2005. "Feminism, underdetermination, and values in science." Philosophy of Science 72 (5): 1001-1012.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- DiMarco, Marina, and Kareem Khalifa. 2019. "Inquiry Tickets: Values, Pursuit, and Underdetermination." Philosophy of Science 86 (5): 1016-1028.
- Skills Reading: From Argument Reconstruction to Essay Section
C. The Error Argument (Inductive Risk)
Monday, October 21
Elliott, pp. 22-28.
Douglas, H. E. 2000. "Inductive risk and values in science." Philosophy of Science 67 (4): 559-579.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, October 23
Levi, Isaac. 1960. "Must the Scientist Make Value Judgments?" The Journal of Philosophy 57 (11): 345-357.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- Parker, Wendy S. 2024. "The Epistemic Projection Approach to Values in Science." Philosophy of Science 91 (1): 18-36.
- Lavi: Brief
Monday, October 28
Elliott, pp. 34-37.
Discussion Day #1 (Questions are due noon on Sunday, October 27)
Wednesday,
October 30
Class Cancelled
Grad Section (236)
- Brown, Matthew J. forthcoming. “For Values in Science: Assessing Recent Arguments for the Ideal of Value-Free Science.” Synthese.
- Jon: Brief
Friday, November 1
Midterm Due at 11:59PM
II. The Value Management Problem
A. Democratic Values and Science
Monday, November 4
Elliott, pp. 37-41.
Bright, L. K. 2018. Du Bois’ democratic defence of the value free ideal. Synthese, 195(5), 2227-2245
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, November 6
Schroeder, S. A. 2021. "Democratic values: a better foundation for public trust in science." The British journal for the philosophy of science 72 (2): 545-562.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- Bohman, J. 1999. “Democracy as Inquiry, Inquiry as Democratic: Pragmatism, Social Science, and the Cognitive Division of Labor.” American Journal of Political Science, 590-607.
Monday, November 11
Veteran’s Day: No class.
Wednesday, November 13
Le Bihan, S. 2023. "How to not secure public trust in science: representative values v. polarization and marginalization." Philosophy of Science: 1-16.
[HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- Kitcher, Philip. 2001. Science, Truth, and Democracy. Oxford: Oxford University Press: Chapters 8-10.
B. Roles of Values
Monday, November 18
Elliott, pp. 42-44.
Douglas, H. E. 2009. “The structure of values in science,” in Science, policy, and the value-free ideal. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 87-114. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, November 20
Steel, D., and K. Powys Whyte. 2012. "Environmental justice, values, and scientific expertise." Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 22 (2): 163-182. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- Holman, Bennett, and Torsten Wilholt. 2022. "The New Demarcation Problem." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 91: 211-220.
Friday, November 22
Outline Assignment Due, 11:59PM
C. Values and Objectivity
Monday, November 25
Elliott, pp. 44-48.
Longino, H. E. 1990. “Values and objectivity” in Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Princeton University Press, 62-82. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Wednesday, November 27
de Melo-Martín, I., and K. Intemann. 2018. “Failing to play by the rules” in The fight against doubt: how to bridge the gap between scientists and the public. New York: Oxford University Press, 44-59. [HANDOUT] [PPT]
Grad Section (236)
- DiMarco, Marina, and Kareem Khalifa. 2022. "Sins of Inquiry: How to Criticize Scientific Pursuits." Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 92: 86-96.
Monday, December 2
Elliott, pp. 48-60
[PPT]
Wednesday, December 4
Discussion Day #2 (Questions are due at noon on Tuesday, December 3)
Grad Section (236)
- Hilligardt, Hannah. 2022. "Looking Beyond Values: The Legitimacy of Social Perspectives, Opinions and Interests in Science." European Journal for Philosophy of Science 12 (4): 58.
Monday, December 9
Final Paper Due at 11:59PM