Topic > Value And Value Of Science - 1100

It also makes me angry that scientists don't have values, but rather feel that facts are more important. For me it's not always like this. Most scientists and researchers are so caught up in the search for “evidence” and “truth”. In trying to do so, they often lose sight of the important things. Science is not truth and truth is not science. Furthermore, the evidence is not the truth. This is why I enjoyed the class reading based on this topic. Values ​​in Science: An Introduction by Allchin has to be one of the best articles I have read in class. This was an article expressing my feelings about science. The article states that “The most dramatic social influence of scientific values, however, may be the image of science itself as the model for all problem solving,” which I believe is true. Science is problem solving and not a race to find the truth. The article also does a great job of explaining what epistemic values ​​and cultural values ​​are. According to the article, epistemic values ​​and cultural values ​​are both important factors of science. Also according to the article, “…certain values ​​in science govern how we regulate the potentially distorting effect of other values ​​in the production of reliable knowledge. Finally, reading Hanson's On Observation clarified many things for me. They explained how scientists look at things differently. Not just scientists, but everyone else. If this is true, why are there so many biases in science? Because there cannot be a balance between what we see and what is?