Sandra Harding is not ready to throw out objectivity quite yet. For all of its problems, she contends that objectivity is too powerful a concept simply to abandon. In Objectivity and Diversity, Harding calls for a science that is both more epistemically adequate and socially just, a science that would ask: How are the lives of the most economically and politically vulnerable groups affected by a particular piece of research? Do they have a say in whether and how the research is done? Should empirically reliable systems of indigenous knowledge count as "real science"? Ultimately, Harding argues for a shift from the ideal of a neutral, disinterested science to one that prizes fairness and responsibility.
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Can science be objective? Preparing for the topic of realism and relativism in class today, by listening again to the brilliant Sandra Harding talk about Objectivity and Diversity. Why hasn't philosophy of science evolved more? https://t.co/JItp5xnInH
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One of the books on the top of my shelf is the philosopher Sandra Harding's book on "Objectivity and Diversity: Another Logic of Scientific Research" @AlwaysAlreadyOn have published a podcast interview with Harding here: https://t.co/ljCbQACtT4