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SCIENCE, TRUTH, AND

DEMOCRACY

Philip Kitcher

1 2001

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Kitcher, Philip, 1947 –

Science, truth, and democracy / Philip Kitcher.

p. cm.— (Oxford studies in philosophy of science)

ISBN 0-19-514583-6

1. Science — Social aspects. 2. Science — Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series.

Q175.5 .K525 2002

501 — dc21

135798642

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2001036144

Contents

Introduction , xi

PART I: THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH

1. Unacceptable Images, 3

2. The World as We Find It, 11

3. The Ideal of Objectivity, 29

4. The World as We Make It, 43

5. Mapping Reality, 55

6. Scientiﬁc Signiﬁcance, 63

PART II: THE CLAIMS OF DEMOCRACY

7. The Myth of Purity, 85

8. Constraints on Free Inquiry, 93

9. Organizing Inquiry, 109

10. Well-Ordered Science, 117

11. Elitism, Democracy, and Science Policy, 137

12. Subversive Truth and Ideals of Progress, 147

Contents

13. The Luddites’ Laments, 167

14. Research in an Imperfect World, 181

Afterword , 199

Essay on Sources , 203

Index , 215

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