Values in Science, Biodiversity Research, and the Problem of Particularity

IF 1.1 4区哲学 Q3 ETHICS

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1353/ken.2022.0003

Tobias Schönwitz

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:How to deal with non-epistemic values in science presents a pressing problem for science and society as well as for philosophers of science. In recent years, accounts of democratizing science have been proposed as a possible solution to this. By providing a case study on the establishment of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy comment: Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services comment: (IPBES), I argue that such accounts run into a problem when values are embedded in the general scientific and societal setup to such an extent that they shape the terrain upon which such a democratization needs to take place. I introduce the notion of particularities as manifestations of values in science and state a problem of particularity, posed by the ways in which the interactive dimension of particularities interferes with democratic procedures for resolving value judgements in science. As a possible remedy, I propose enriching accounts of democratizing science by agonistic theories of democracy.

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科学价值、生物多样性研究与特殊性问题

摘要:如何处理科学中的非认识论价值，是摆在科学和社会以及科学哲学家面前的一个紧迫问题。近年来，人们提出了科学民主化的说法，作为解决这一问题的可能办法。通过提供一个关于建立政府间科学政策评论:生物多样性和生态系统服务评论平台(IPBES)的案例研究，我认为，当价值观被嵌入到一般的科学和社会设置中，以至于它们塑造了这种民主化需要发生的地形时，这些账户就会遇到问题。我介绍了特殊性作为科学价值表现的概念，并阐述了特殊性的问题，这一问题是由特殊性的互动维度干扰解决科学价值判断的民主程序的方式提出的。作为一种可能的补救措施，我建议通过民主的斗争理论来丰富科学民主化的叙述。

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Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal offers a scholarly forum for diverse views on major issues in bioethics, such as analysis and critique of principlism, feminist perspectives in bioethics, the work of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, active euthanasia, genetics, health care reform, and organ transplantation. Each issue includes "Scope Notes," an overview and extensive annotated bibliography on a specific topic in bioethics, and "Bioethics Inside the Beltway," a report written by a Washington insider updating bioethics activities on the federal level.