ABSTRACT
In the most general sense, the critique of empiricism and “ethically neutral” 1 scientific practices is a theoretical argument about the way in which the structure of science at a macro level of analysis influences the choice of the object(s) of study and conditions and constrains the nature and interpretation of the product(s) of that research. Moreover, it is a critique of the ideologies and the politics embedded in scientific research that are structurally reproduced through the professional training of scientists and are materially reproduced when institutions determine which research is to be funded and how research findings will be disseminated.
