Does Science Uncover or Construct Truths? Bias about Observation

We have introduced the idea of philosophical bias in science. While other biases can and should be avoided, we said, a philosophical bias can only be replaced with another bias or be explicitly stated as a premise for research. There is, however, a view that even to talk about bias in science, and to promote an ideal of bias-free research, suggests that one is already committed to a specific philosophical bias. If so, it seems that talk about ‘bias’ is itself a sign of a philosophical bias. The concept of bias suggests that science could, in principle, be entirely neutral and free from systematic errors, but also from methodological and philosophical assumptions, values, and other presuppositions. The aim of research could then be to uncover truths about reality, as they are, independently of us. If the results are influenced or contaminated by the researcher, that would amount to bad science.