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    Supports→Ethical judgments and contextual values necessarily enter the scientist's core activity of accepting and rejecting hypotheses, refuting the Value-Neutrality Thesis (VNT).

    Therefore, the standard of proof itself is value-laden, making ethical commitments structurally inseparable from the act of hypothesis acceptance rather than merely peripheral to it.

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    Key Terms

    Ethical commitments(in ethics)
    The moral beliefs and principles you've decided to stand by and act according to.
    Hypothesis acceptance(in epistemology and philosophy of science)
    The moment you decide to believe or act as if a proposed idea or explanation is true based on the evidence.
    Standard of proof(in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
    The level of evidence or convincing argument you need before you're willing to believe something is true.
    Structurally inseparable(in logic and philosophy of science)
    So deeply connected and woven together that they can't be pulled apart or considered independently.
    Value-laden(as used in philosophy of science)

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    Influenced by personal beliefs, preferences, or moral judgments rather than being purely objective or factual.
    peripheral(as the opposite of how Neo-Platonism was actually treated in medieval Islamic thought)
    Being on the edge or outer part of something; not central or essential.

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