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“Practice-Oriented Controversies and Borrowed Epistemic Credibility in Current Evolutionary Biology: Phylogeography as a Case Study

Arroyo-Santos, Alfonso and Olson , Mark E and Vergara-Silva, Francisco (2014) “Practice-Oriented Controversies and Borrowed Epistemic Credibility in Current Evolutionary Biology: Phylogeography as a Case Study. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Methodological controversies are an important but often neglected issue in the philosophy of
science. Because experimental results often cannot settle controversies, other elements must be
incorporated to debates. We introduce the notion of borrowed epistemic credibility to better
understand the role that non-empirical elements play in such controversies, illustrating our
proposal with a recent controversy in phylogeography. Our analysis shows how scientific
controversies that spring from disagreements about methodological issues potentially involve
deeper debates regarding what constitutes ‘good science’ in general, and suggests the reexamination of more general issues, such as the nature of inference, rationality, or objectivity.


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Item Type: Preprint
Creators:
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Arroyo-Santos, Alfonsoagripas@gmail.com
Olson , Mark Emolson@biologia.unam.mx
Vergara-Silva, Franciscofvs@ibiologia.unam.mx
Additional Information: Second part of our analysis on phylogeopgraphy. First part published at Biology & Philosophy DOI10.1007/s10539-013-9391-1
Keywords: scientific controversies, scientific values, phylogeography, evolutionary biology, epistemic credibility
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology
Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
General Issues > Experimentation
Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User: Alfonso Arroyo-Santos
Date Deposited: 29 Jul 2014 16:13
Last Modified: 29 Jul 2014 16:13
Item ID: 10913
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology
Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
General Issues > Experimentation
Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
General Issues > Values In Science
Date: 2014
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10913

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