Borge, Bruno and Lo Guercio, Nicolás (2021) Learning from scientific disagreement. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 36 (3). pp. 375-398. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
The article addresses the question of how should scientific peers revise their beliefs (if at all) upon recognized disagreement. After presenting the basics of peer disagreement in sections 1 and 2, we focus, in section 3, on a concrete case of scientific disagreement, to wit, the dispute over the evidential status of randomized control trials in medical practice. The examination of this case motivates the idea that some scientific disagreements permit a steadfast reaction. In section 4, we support this conclusion by providing a normative argument in the same direction; if we are correct, typical reasons for conciliation are absent in this kind of scientific disagreements.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Epistemology, Peer Disagreement, Scientific Disagreement, Evidence Based Medicine | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine > Clinical Trials General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Rhetoric of Science General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2021 05:02 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2021 05:02 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 19999 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.21967 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine > Clinical Trials General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Rhetoric of Science General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science |
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| Date: | September 2021 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 375-398 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 36 | |||||||||
| Number: | 3 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/19999 |
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