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Ideas of Reiss,J/Spreger,J, by Text

[Austrian, fl. 2014, At universities in Linz and Turin]

2014 Scientific Objectivity
2 p.2 One view says objectivity is making a successful claim which captures the facts
2.3 p.5 An absolute scientific picture of reality must not involve sense experience, which is perspectival
2.3 p.6 The 'experimenter's regress' says success needs reliability, which is only tested by success
3.1 p.7 Topic and application involve values, but can evidence and theory choice avoid them?
3.1 p.9 The Value-Free Ideal in science avoids contextual values, but embraces epistemic values
3.3 p.13 Value-free science needs impartial evaluation, theories asserting facts, and right motivation
4.1 p.17 Thermometers depend on the substance used, and none of them are perfect
4.2 p.19 The Bayesian approach is explicitly subjective about probabilities