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Rethinking Geographic Diversity in Value-laden Ideals of Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2025

Juliana Gutiérrez Valderrama*
Affiliation:
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Abstract

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In this paper, I stress the need to broaden the scope of diversity in value-laden ideals of science to include geographic diversity. I argue that egalitarian and normic ideals have conceptual limitations when considering this dimension. While egalitarian frameworks advocate for a placeless science, normic frameworks predominantly locate scientific knowledge within the “Global North,” highlighting the importance of including “non-Western” perspectives from the “Global South.” These limitations have negative and unjust epistemic consequences: they risk perpetuating cultural imperialism, reproducing a colonial epistemic norming of space, and committing epistemic exoticization towards scientific communities in subaltern regions.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association