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Value-Free Vs. Value-Conscious Social Sciences

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Science certainly is in need of an alternative to the received view of science as value-free, but an alternative which does not imply the other extreme of an ideologically partisan science. This holds especially for the social sciences. The present contribution will introduce the concept of a “value-conscious social science”, and elaborate and defend it in five sections.

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Eberlein, G.L., Obermeier, O.P. (1988). Value-Free Vs. Value-Conscious Social Sciences. In: Eberlein, G.L., Berghel, H. (eds) Theory and Decision. Theory and Decision Library, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3895-3_6

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