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That Obscure Concept of Desire: The Ideological War over Scientific Models

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2022

Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer Open the ORCID record for Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer [Opens in a new window]
Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer*
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SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Psychology and Law, Poznań, Poland
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Email: kgrunt-mejer@swps.edu.pl
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Abstract

This article analyzes the scientific debate surrounding the appropriateness of pharmacological interventions aimed at increasing female desire. It has three objectives: (1) to outline the nonepistemic values that underlie scientific concepts of desire; (2) to conduct an analysis of scientific misuses when justifying a drive-based model of desire and pharmacological intervention; and (3) to show how in this and similar cases of vague constructs we can demonstrate the role of nonepistemic values and assess their influence.

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Philosophy of Science , Volume 89 , Issue 5 , December 2022 , pp. 1085 - 1093
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Philosophy of Science Association

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