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Kevin Elliott, A Tapestry of Values: An Introduction to Values in Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2017), 224 pp., $105.00 (cloth); $34.95 (paper).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Sarah Wieten
Sarah Wieten*
Affiliation:
Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford Health Care
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 378 - 383
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1. While the most recent book-length treatment of Elgin’s ideas was published a few months after Tapestry, meaning I could hardly fault Elliott for not including it, these ideas have been present in other forms for many years.

2. While broadly agreeing with the tapestry metaphor, I have some concerns with point 2.