Friedman, Daniel and Šešelja, Dunja (2022) Scientific Disagreements, Fast Science and Higher-Order Evidence. [Preprint]
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Scientific disagreements are an important catalyst for scientific progress. But what happens when scientists disagree amidst times of crisis, when we need quick yet reliable policy guidance? In this paper we aim to provide a normative account for how scientists facing disagreement in the context of ‘fast science’ should respond, and how policy makers should evaluate such disagreement. Starting from an argumentative, pragma-dialectic account of scientific controversies (Donato Rodríguez and Zamora Bonilla, 2013), we argue for the importance of ‘higher-order evidence (HOE)’, which has received insufficient
attention in previous discussions on scientific disagreements and controversies, especially with regard to fast science. Moreover, we specify desiderata for scientifically relevant HOE. We use our account to analyze a recent disagreement on the aerosol transmission of the COVID-19 virus and evaluate the standpoints of the parties involved in the dispute.
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| Subjects: | General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Dunja Šešelja | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2022 20:18 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2022 20:18 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 21246 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Social Epistemology of Science General Issues > Theory Change |
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| Date: | 7 October 2022 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21246 |
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