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It is not uncommon that in disputes about scientific or philosophical questions the creed or persuasion of one of the parties in the discussion is referred to, implying that his view-point with regard to the controversial questions is not independent of this persuasion. To ask for the moral justification of this rather common procedure is to call attention to a number of problems in the ethics of scientific discourse, to the discussion of which this essay will be devoted.
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In order to keep the discussion as independent as possible from a personal element I purposely refrain from mentioning the names of the authors quoted.
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© 1968 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Beth, E.W. (1968). Freedom of Opinion. In: Science a Road to Wisdom. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7644-6_12
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