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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic constituted a crisis situation in which science was very far from Kitcher’s ideal of well-ordered science. I suggest that this could and should have been different. Kitcher’s… Click to show full abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic constituted a crisis situation in which science was very far from Kitcher’s ideal of well-ordered science. I suggest that this could and should have been different. Kitcher’s ideal should play a role in assessing the allocation of research resources in future crisis situations, as it provides a way to balance highly divergent interests and incorporate the common good into decision-making processes on research.
Keywords:
cov pandemic;
well ordered;
science well;
sars cov;
crisis
Journal Title: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Year Published: 2020
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