Kindly Inquisitors (1993) by Jonathan Rauch defends liberal science—the system of open inquiry based on public criticism and empirical checking—against fundamentalist and egalitarian attacks on free inquiry.
Provided a philosophical defense of free inquiry as a system, not merely a value; distinguished between legitimate criticism and epistemic censorship.
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