ABSTRACT
This chapter examines epistemic constraint and aims approaches to values in science. Values are factors that motivate decisions in a particular direction, are positively regarded within a community or population, and which tend to be relevant to a variety of contexts. Epistemic values are typically thought to be distinguished by their tendency to promote the acceptance or belief of true claims. Non-epistemic values would just be other types of values that are not truth promoting, that is, they either have little or no effect on this aim or they tend to obstruct it. The distinction between epistemic and non-epistemic values is contested and disagreements about whether some values-such as simplicity or fruitfulness-should be classified as epistemic are not uncommon. Epistemic constraint approaches insist that values in science should be restricted by basic criteria of epistemically adequate science.
