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Philosophical bias is the one bias that science cannot avoid

Scientists seek to eliminate all forms of bias from their research. However, all scientists also make assumptions of a non-empirical nature about topics such as causality, determinism and reductionism when conducting research. Here, we argue that since these 'philosophical biases' cannot b...

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Autores principales: Andersen, Fredrik, Anjum, Rani Lill, Rocca, Elena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30864947
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44929
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spelling pubmed-64159372019-03-14 Philosophical bias is the one bias that science cannot avoid Andersen, Fredrik Anjum, Rani Lill Rocca, Elena eLife Feature Article Scientists seek to eliminate all forms of bias from their research. However, all scientists also make assumptions of a non-empirical nature about topics such as causality, determinism and reductionism when conducting research. Here, we argue that since these 'philosophical biases' cannot be avoided, they need to be debated critically by scientists and philosophers of science. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6415937/ /pubmed/30864947 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44929 Text en © 2019, Andersen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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