Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry. Longino, H. E. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1990.
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Examining theories of human evolution and of prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, of sex differences in cognition, and of sexual orientation, the author shows how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of data.
@book{longino_science_1990,
	address = {Princeton},
	title = {Science as social knowledge: values and objectivity in scientific inquiry},
	isbn = {978-0-691-07342-2 978-0-691-02051-8},
	shorttitle = {Science as social knowledge},
	abstract = {Examining theories of human evolution and of prenatal hormonal determination of "gender-role" behavior, of sex differences in cognition, and of sexual orientation, the author shows how assumptions laden with social values affect the description, presentation, and interpretation of data.},
	language = {eng},
	publisher = {Princeton University Press},
	author = {Longino, Helen E.},
	year = {1990},
	keywords = {4 Social aspects of ignorance, Dimensions sociales de l'ignorance, PRINTED (Fonds papier)},
}

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