The Faithfulness to Fact.

This article examines W.E.B. Du Bois's integration of ethical and political values into scientific reasoning, particularly his stance against scientific racism through the foundational scientific assumption that African Americans are fully human. Du Bois's conception of scientific objectivity centers on a commitment to facts—categorized as brute, social, and moral—and emphasizes the pursuit of truth intertwined with social reform. He distinguished between natural and human sciences, advocating a hermeneutic-empiricist method for the latter to contextualize social phenomena historically and sociologically. Furthermore, Du Bois developed a pragmatist theory of truth, viewing scientific claims as truthful when they serve practical purposes, thereby positioning scientists as activists in advancing epistemic democracy and combating racial prejudice.