Ohnesorge, Miguel (2024) We should not align quantitative measurements with stakeholder values. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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There is a growing consensus among philosophers that quantifying value-laden concepts can be epistemically successful and politically legitimate if all value-laden choices in the process of quantification are aligned with stakeholder values. I argue that proponents of this view have failed to argue for its basic premise: successful quantification is sufficiently unconstrained so that it can be achieved along specific, stakeholder-relative pathways. I then challenge this premise by considering a rare example of successful value-laden quantification in seismology. Seismologists quantified earthquake size precisely by excluding stakeholder values from measure design and testing.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Ohnesorge, Miguel mo459@cam.ac.uk 0000-0003-4583-4124
Keywords:	quantification; measurement; values; political legitimacy; seismology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Values In Science
Depositing User:	Mr Miguel Ohnesorge
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2024 16:46
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2024 16:46
Item ID:	23556
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Earth Sciences Specific Sciences > Physics General Issues > Values In Science
Date:	2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23556

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