Logos & Episteme Logos & Episteme
Joby VARGHESE ABSTRACT: This paper proposes a functional approach to characterize epistemic and non-epistemic values. The paper argues that epistemic values are functionally homogeneous since (i) they act as criteria to evaluate the epistemic virtues a hypothesis ought to possess, and (ii) they validate scientific knowledge claims objectively. Conversely, non-epistemic values are functionally heterogeneous since they may promote multiple and …
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