@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {3321},
      author = {Mostajir, Parysa Clare},
      title = {Reconciling Objectivity and Accountability in Science: A  Pragmatist Approach},
      publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
      journal = {Science and Humanism},
      address = {2022},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {A humanist theory of science must satisfy two requirements  which appear to be in tension. Firstly, in order to hold  science accountable for its socio-political consequences,  it must challenge narratives presenting science as  objective and value-free. Secondly, in order to hold  scientific knowledge as authoritative when deciding on  public policy, it must challenge narratives presenting  science as biased and unreliable, e.g. climate science  denial or anti-vaccination rhetoric. I show that pragmatist  philosophy can answer these apparently contradictory needs.  Rather than taking science as a means of objectively  representing an external world, pragmatism would hold that  scientific method has evolved through human attempts to  navigate their material environment, with increasingly  abstract and broadly applicable practices for successful  goal-achievement being honed and systematized in the  process. So, while science’s proper function is to serve  value-based purposes, it is nevertheless a method which  carries authority in determining appropriate actions for  navigating encountered problems.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3321},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3321},
}