Koskinen, Inkeri (2020) Objectivity in contexts: Withholding epistemic judgement as a strategy for mitigating collective bias. [Preprint]
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In this paper I discuss and develop the risk account of scientific objectivity, which I have recently introduced, contrasting it to some alternatives. I then use the account in order to analyse a practice that is relatively common in anthropology, in the history of science, and in the sociology of scientific knowledge: withholding epistemic judgement. I argue that withholding epistemic judgement on the beliefs one is studying can be a relatively efficient strategy against collective bias in these fields. However, taking into account the criticisms presented against the strategy, I also argue that it is a usable strategy only when the distance between the researchers and their ideas, and the people and ideas being studied, is significant enough.
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| Keywords: | scientific objectivity, epistemic risk, values in science, collective bias, objectivity in the social sciences, objectivity in the humanities | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Historical Sciences General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Inkeri Koskinen | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2020 01:14 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2020 01:14 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 17042 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Historical Sciences General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Sociology |
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| Date: | 2020 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17042 |
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