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work_xwcyjdy6szfqxnv2rkbq4c4qvy	Richard Rudner	The Scientist Qua Scientist Makes Value Judgments	1953	7	.pdf	application/pdf	3612	180	57	The question of the relationship of the making of value judgments in a typically ethical sense to the methods and procedures of science has been discussed Those who contend that scientists do essentially make value judgments generally support their contentions by either To such arguments, a great many empirically oriented philosophers and scientists have responded that the value judgments involved in our decisions to In general then, before we can accept any hypothesis, the value decision must more than the acceptance by the scientist of the hypothesis that the degree of confidence is p or that the strength of the evidence is such and such; and as these men have may use the term) rational reconstruction of the method of science must comprise the statement that the scientist qua scientist accepts or rejects hypotheses; deny the essential involvement of the making of value judgments in the procedures of science by insisting that concern with external questions, admittedly 	./cache/work_xwcyjdy6szfqxnv2rkbq4c4qvy.pdf	./txt/work_xwcyjdy6szfqxnv2rkbq4c4qvy.txt