id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_w3pbsjrjlzdwplwzasilriz32m Ronald N. Giere A New Program for Philosophy of Science? 2003 7 .pdf application/pdf 2815 227 56 ‡ The author wishes to thank Janet Kourany for initiating this exchange and the reviewer for Philosophy of Science who provided a conscientious reading and insightful I contend that Janet Kourany's "A Philosophy of Science for the Twenty-First Century" contains three levels of projects: (1) a naturalistic project, (2) a critical project, The critical project encompasses both the evaluation of scientific research programs and of empirical conclusions. Still further, Kourany wants philosophy of science to be "a socially Kourany contrasts her program with "the socially disengaged philosophies of science" practiced by "most twentieth-century philosophers of science" who have been " . The critical philosopher of science evaluates specific scientific projects and conclusions, and argues publicly for the evaluations. It is a view of science in which Kourany's critical project makes sense, but is a politically engaged critical philosophy of science. (1990), Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific ./cache/work_w3pbsjrjlzdwplwzasilriz32m.pdf ./txt/work_w3pbsjrjlzdwplwzasilriz32m.txt