Inmaculada de Melo-Martín and Kristen Intemann: The Fight Against Doubt—How to Bridge the Gap Between Scientists and the Public

Jadreškić, Daria; Hopf, David; Schönwitz, Tobias

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“…12 believe that such risks are overstated (Jadreskic, Hopf, and Schoenwitz 2020), the strategies that could be used to prevent the harms that ignorance-producing research can create, e.g., increased scrutiny, disregard, or prohibition, are in fact either unworkable or otherwise unable to address the problems of concern. Indeed, at least in some cases, such strategies are likely to worsen such problems.…”

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On the Harms of Agnotological Practices and How to Address Them

Melo‐Martín

2023

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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Although science is our most reliable producer of knowledge, it can also be used to create ignorance, unjustified doubt, and misinformation. In doing so, agnotological practices result not only in epistemic harms but also in social ones. A way to prevent or minimize such harms is to impede these ignorance-producing practices. In this paper, I explore various challenges to such a proposal. I first argue that reliably identifying agnotological practices in a way that permits the prevention of relevant harms is more difficult than it might appear. I focus on an identifying criterion that many find apt for the task: bad faith motives. I then consider an objection --that reliable criteria are unnecessary to successfully address the concerns raised by agnotological strategies--and I show that it fails. I conclude by exploring other ways of conceptualizing the problems attributed to agnotological practices. In particular, I challenge the focus on misinformation as the main problem of concern.

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On the Harms of Agnotological Practices and How to Address Them

Melo‐Martín

2023

International Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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Inmaculada de Melo-Martín and Kristen Intemann: The Fight Against Doubt—How to Bridge the Gap Between Scientists and the Public

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On the Harms of Agnotological Practices and How to Address Them

On the Harms of Agnotological Practices and How to Address Them

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