Abstract
It is usually claimed that certain aims and values have a decisive influence on scientific activity, while it is not the business of science to determine which of these aims and values ought to guide its behaviour. I intend to raise some questions regarding this supposed external character of aims and values. It is not my purpose, then, to take sides in any particular debate on which values and goals should direct scientific activity. I merely hope to inspire you to reflect upon the field in which debates of this kind take place. The scope of my paper will be limited to the so-called epistemic or cognitive aims and values. I shall not, therefore,
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