Can The Philosophy Of Science Be Value-free?

In 1970s-1980s, when feminism begins from philosophy aspect was concerned to science later, it has the formation of called feminism in philosophy of science or feminist philosophy of science. Elizabeth Potter is a representative who studied thinking with the feminist philosophy of science in postmodernism, and try to criticize scientific philosophy is"value-free"from the view of feminism. To called the"value-free"of scientific philosophy is look on"value-free"issue from scientific philosophy angle, furthermore, is a research or a reflection with scientific"value-free"phenomenon from philosophy perspective. Her"anti-valuation-free"ricking to scientific philosophy and value philosophy, developing the contextual analysis methodologies and improving means of the objective. As a project leader to women's studies at Mills College, the interaction of in the side of learning to teaching, using learning to teach and mixed from learning, to combined theoretical investigation with feminist ideas of myself, so profundity criticize"value-free". First of all, this article will research real situation what Elizabeth Potter's feminist philosophy of science theory in the both at home and from abroad. Secondly, showing Potter's the whole process to study and theoretical research and discussing to the background and puts forward the development stage that potter's"anti-valuation-free"of feminist philosophy of science. Lastly, the emphasis expatiate disproved of her feminist philosophy of science be"value-free", in order to achieve purpose to the whole development vein with the basic combing the thought of Potter's feminist philosophy of science.Elizabeth Potter's feminist philosophy of science is a production with combine to the theory of feminism and philosophy of science. When she expatiate disproved philosophy of science be"value-free", put forward significance of the context of justification in research. The paper will analysis from three aspects. Firstly, from explain the meaning of"value-free"and understanding in the concept of scientific philosophy of"value-free". Secondly, criticize scientific philosophy is"value-free"from the view of feminism. This section that we will seeing many dazzling views of Potter"anti-valuation-free", so it is also one of the main content of this chapter. This section will detail argument three aspects of content: refute the"value-free"from"the context of justification", and from the"post-positivist project"show clearly what"value-free"false, and"contextual values"influence with construct hypothesis evidence. Finally, the deny of the theory of"value-free"in two points of view to further deep skepticism and empirical. Get across thorough analysis"anti-valuation-free", this article will come to a conclusion what the"value-free"aspects by it is seems that not perfect and not hold water in the Potter's view, so we should dialectical view of the theory of"value-free"in the research. Based on expatiate Potter"anti-valuation-free"in the unique insights, this paper will compare with the thinking of the Potter's feminism in philosophy of science and other feminism in philosophy of science, comments Potter's criticize with the philosophy of science be"value-free", and Point out her essence and characteristics in"anti-valuation-free", and put forward the contribution and ideological difficulties by its theoretical research.