Lichtenstein, Eli I. (2022) Inconvenient Truth and Inductive Risk in Covid-19 Science. Philosophy of Medicine, 3 (1). pp. 1-25. ISSN 2692-3963
|
Text
Lichtenstein-Final.pdf - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
To clarify the proper role of values in science, focusing on controversial expert responses to Covid-19, this article examines the status of (in)convenient hypotheses. Polarizing cases like health experts downplaying mask efficacy to save resources for healthcare workers, or scientists dismissing “accidental lab leak” hypotheses in view of potential xenophobia, plausibly involve modifying evidential standards for (in)convenient claims. Societies could accept that scientists handle (in)convenient claims just like nonscientists, and give experts less political power. Or societies could hold scientists to a higher bar, by expecting them not to modify evidential standards to avoid costs only incidentally tied to error.
| Export/Citation: | EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL |
| Social Networking: |
| Item Type: | Published Article or Volume | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creators: |
|
||||||
| Keywords: | Values in Science Noble Lie Epistemic Risk Trust Public Health Ethics | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Professor Alex Broadbent | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jan 2023 14:28 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2023 14:28 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 21620 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Philosophy of Medicine | ||||||
| Publisher: | University Library System, University of Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/132 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.5195/pom.2022.132 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Medicine > Health and Disease | ||||||
| Date: | 14 December 2022 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-25 | ||||||
| Volume: | 3 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2692-3963 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21620 |
Monthly Views for the past 3 years
Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years
Plum Analytics
Altmetric.com
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
![[feed]](http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/style/images/feed-icon-32x32.png){kind=icon}