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Science and Moral Imagination

Science and Moral Imagination

A New Ideal for Values in Science
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. Science and Moral Imagination directly challenges the idea that science and values cannot and should not influence each other. Matthew ...
Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccine Hesitancy

Public Trust, Expertise, and the War on Science
Winner, 2022 PSA Women’s Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science Award The public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. The controversy over childhood immunization intensified in 1998, when Dr. Andrew Wakefield linked the MMR vaccine ...

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