Hicks, Daniel (2018) Inductive Risk and Regulatory Toxicology: A Comment on de Melo-Martín and Intemann. Philosophy of Science, 85 (1). pp. 164-174.
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In a recent paper, Inmaculada de Melo-Martín and Kristen Intemann consider several ways in which, from the perspective of the argument from inductive risk, ethical and political values might "sometimes [be] necessary in decisions at the core of scientific reasoning." Specifically, they consider whether these kinds of values are logically, epistemically, pragmatically, or ethically necessary; and argue that there are significant conceptual problems in each case. In this comment, using regulatory uses of high-throughput toxicology at the US Environmental Protection Agency [EPA] as a case study, I suggest some clarifications and corrections to some of their claims about pragmatic necessity. I conclude that, while an inductive risk framework has some significant limitations, it is still conceptually and rhetorically valuable.
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| Keywords: | values in science; inductive risk; pragmatic necessity; toxicology; chemical safety; regulation; Environmental Protection Agency | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Depositing User: | Dan Hicks | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2018 22:03 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2018 22:03 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14275 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/6... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1086/694771 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy General Issues > Values In Science |
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| Date: | January 2018 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 164-174 | ||||||
| Volume: | 85 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14275 |
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