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In two earlier papers,1 I have presented and discussed the ideology of science, “science” taken in the broad sense of systematic and organized cognitive inquiry. By “the ideology of science”, I understand the norms and values presupposed in the conduct of inquiry. This ideology I take to be a normative system: a finite and ordered set of norms and values. Its function is, briefly, to guide (to steer) and to legitimate (to justify) decisions and actions taken in the course of inquiry. I take it, moreover, that such “normative activity” of steering and justifying inquiry cannot be effected without appeal to norms and values.
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Tranøy, K.E. (1980). Norms of Inquiry: Rationality, Consistency Requirements and Normative Conflict. In: Hilpinen, R. (eds) Rationality in Science. Philosophical Studies Series in Philosophy, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9032-6_13
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