TY  - JOUR
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
TI  - Science Under Attack
Y1  - 2005/07//
AV  - public
VL  - 31
SP  - 37
EP  - 41
JF  - The Philosophers' Magazine
A1  - Maxwell, N
N2  - Some attack scientific rationality, others defend it, but both miss the point. What both parties take to be scientific rationality is actually a species of irrationality masquerading as scientific rationality. The current orthodox conception of science, taken for granted by scientists and non-scientists alike, is irrational because it suppresses problematic assumptions, inherent in the aims of science, having to do with metaphysics, values, and political and social issues. We urgently need a more rigorous conception of science to be adopted and implemented that honestly acknowledges the problematic character of the aims of science, and seeks to improve them as science proceeds.
ID  - discovery10128688
UR  - https://www.philosophersmag.com/
ER  -