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Science Policy from a Naturalistic Sociological Epistemology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Donald T Campbell
Donald T Campbell*
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Lehigh University
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Philip Kitcher and his program committee hoped to stimulate a lively debate this evening on the role which philosophers of science might play as advisors to government and the professional institutions of scientists. It is my guess that they had two changes in mind. They wanted more philosophers of science advising in Washington's science policy decisions. They also want you philosophers of science to develop those aspects of your field which are relevant to such decisions. They believe (I would guess) that not all of the scholarship of this association has such relevance, but that much of it does; that the relevant parts can still retain a genuinely epistemological,focus; and that science policy advice is better done by philosophers of science than by any other profession (e.g., the sociology of science). Perhaps I have merely projected these beliefs on to the program committee. They are, in any event, ones I hold and hope that they share.

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Part I. Philosophy of Science and Public Policy
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PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1984 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1984 , 1984 , pp. 14 - 29
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Copyright © 1985 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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