Introduction to values and pluralism in the environmental sciences: From inferences to institutions |
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Authors: | Zachary Piso Viorel Pâslaru |
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Institution: | University of Dayton, Department of Philosophy, USA;Department of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA;Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, 13 rue du Four, 75006, Paris, France;Boston University Department of Philosophy, 745 Commonwealth Ave, Boston 02215, Massachusetts, USA;University of Sydney, Australia;Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstr. 22, 14195, Berlin, Germany;Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida, FAO 226, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA |
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Abstract: | Philosophers of science continue to elaborate our understanding of the roles that values play in scientific reasoning, practice, and institutions. This special issue focuses on the environmental sciences, a mosaic of fields ranging from restoration ecology to forestry to climatology, unified by its attention to the relationships between humans and their habitats. It is a field that revolves around ameliorating environmental problems, aiming to support the provision of social goods and provide guidance to policymakers about how to regulate individuals and industries. Values abound in such judgments as setting the boundaries of an ecosystem, integrating the human dimensions of social-ecological systems, and collaborating with stakeholders. Since few in the field are likely to insist that these judgments can be made without reference to social values, environmental science can serve as fertile ground for exploring the ethical, social, and political terrain at the frontier of the science and values discourse. |
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Keywords: | Values in science Environmental philosophy Science and democracy Pluralism |
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