Turner, Stephen (2007) Political Epistemology, Experts, and the Aggregation of Knowledge. Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science, 1 (1). pp. 36-47. ISSN 1913 0465
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Expert claims routinely “affect, combat, refute, and negate” someone or some faction or grouping of persons. When scientists proclaim the truth of Darwinism, they refute, negate, and whatnot the Christian view of the creation, and thus Christians. When research is done on racial differences, it affects, negates, and so on, those who are negatively characterized. This is why Phillip Kitcher argues that it should be banned (2001, 95). Some truths are too dangerous to ever inquire into, because, he reasons, even by inquiring we legitimate the negation that racial distinctions already carry. Expert claims also favour or disfavour policies or decisions which have factions or persons supporting them.
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| Keywords: | political epistemology, knowledge, expertise, experts | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy |
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| Depositing User: | Jessie Hall | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2018 17:50 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2018 17:50 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15458 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Spontaneous Generations: A Journal for the History and Philosophy of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | The University of Toronto | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://spontaneousgenerations.library.utoronto.ca... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | https://doi.org/10.4245/sponge.v1i1.2970 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Science and Society General Issues > Science and Policy |
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| Date: | 8 December 2007 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 36-47 | ||||||
| Volume: | 1 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1913 0465 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15458 |
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