Current Controversies in Values and Science

by Daniel Steel (editor), Daniel Steel (Editor)

Current Controversies in Values and Science asks ten philosophers to debate five questions (two philosophers per debate) that are driving contemporary work in this important area of philosophy of science. The book is perfect for the advanced student, building up her knowledge of the foundations of the field while also engaging its most cutting-edge questions. Introductions and annotated bibliographies for each debate, preliminary descriptions of each chapter, study questions, and a supplemental guide to further controversies involving values in science help provide clearer and richer snapshots of active controversies for all readers.

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 27, 2017

About the author

Dr. Steel earned his PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh in 2002, and is affiliated with the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University. His area of research expertise is in the philosophy of science, with particular emphases on causation, confirmation, and implications of these for practical decisions of public policy. He has a strong record of publications in these areas, with over thirty articles, a monograph, and a co-edited reader on the philosophy of social science. His work has appeared in leading journals in the field such as Philosophy of Science, British Journal of Philosophy of Science, Biology and Philosophy, and Philosophy of the Social Sciences. He is the author of, Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science (Oxford University Press 2008). He is also the co-editor, with Francesco Guala, of, The Philosophy of Social Science Reader (Routledge 2011). Dr. Steel's current research focuses on the interaction between values, evidence and decision making in contested environmental issues, such as toxic chemicals regulation and climate change. Some of this work has already been published in a number of articles and more is set to appear in book form in, Phiosophy and the Precautionary Principle: Science, Evidence, and Environmental Policy (under contract with Cambridge University Press).