http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/thomas-nagel Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 19:52:36 -0400 Sun, 24 May 2026 19:52:36 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/628/weber-and-nagel-on-values-in-the-social-and-natural-sciences By Alexander P. Young - Due to their different subject matter, the way in which social and natural science inquiries are conducted differs. For some, this difference is constituted in a greater reliance upon values in the social sciences than in the natural. This essay, on the other hand, aims to demonstrate that both schools of science are equally value-laden. This is undertaken via an exposition of Weber’s arguments for social science as more value-laden than natural science, followed by a critique of these arguments through the lens of Nagel’s discussion of social scientific inquiry and accusations of... Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:46 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/628/weber-and-nagel-on-values-in-the-social-and-natural-sciences