Longino (1992a)

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Longino, Helen. (1992) Knowledge, Bodies, and Values: Reproductive Technologies and Their Scientific Context. Inquiry 35 (3-4), 323-340.

Title Knowledge, Bodies, and Values: Reproductive Technologies and Their Scientific Context
Resource Type journal article
Author(s) Helen Longino
Year 1992
DOI doi:10.1080/00201749208602297
Journal Inquiry
Volume 35
Number 3-4
Pages 323-340

Abstract

This essay sets human reproductive technologies in the context of biological research exploiting the discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule in the early 1950s. By setting these technological developments in this research context and then setting the research in the framework of a philosophical analysis of the role of social values in scientific inquiry, it is possible to develop a perspective on these technologies and the aspirations they represent that is relevant to the concerns of their social critics.