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Epistemically Detrimental Dissent: Contingent Enabling Factors v. Stable Difference Makers.

Le Bihan, Soazig and Amadi, Iheanyi (2016) Epistemically Detrimental Dissent: Contingent Enabling Factors v. Stable Difference Makers. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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The aim of this paper is to critically build on Justin Biddle and Anna Leuschner’s characterization (2015) of epistemologically detrimental dissent (EDD) in the context of science. We argue that the presence of non-epistemic agendas and severe non-epistemic consequences are neither necessary nor sufficient conditions for EDD to obtain. We clarify their role by arguing that they are contingent enabling factors, not stable difference-makers, in the production of EDD. We maintain that two stable difference-makers are core to the production of EDD: production of skewed science and effective public dissemination.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:
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Le Bihan, Soazig
Amadi, Iheanyi
Keywords: Science and Values, Dissent, Manufacture of doubt, inductive risk
Subjects: General Issues > Science and Society
General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User: Dr. Soazig Le Bihan
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2016 13:47
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2016 13:47
Item ID: 12526
Subjects: General Issues > Science and Society
General Issues > Values In Science
Date: August 2016
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12526

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