Précis of Objectivity and diversity: another logic of scientific research

Harding, Sandra

doi:10.1007/s11098-016-0835-8

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“…Philosophers and social scientists have explored ways in which diversity might lead to epistemically better science or improve group performance in a variety of settings (Aggarwal and Wooley 2013;Bear and Wooley 2011;Engel et al 2014;Harding 2015;Hong and Page 2004;Intemann 2010a;Kitcher 1990;Levine et al 2014;Longino 1990Longino , 2002Lount and Phillips 2007;Loyd et al 2013;Muldoon 2013;Page 2017;Page 2007;Phillips 2014;Phillips et al 2009;Solomon 2001;Zollman 2010;Woolley et al 2010). In these literatures, diversity may pertain to social position, identity, value perspectives, theoretical orientation, task-related skills, and so on.…”

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Multiple diversity concepts and their ethical-epistemic implications

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A concept of diversity is an understanding of what makes a group diverse that may be applicable in a variety of contexts. We distinguish three diversity concepts, show that each can be found in discussions of diversity in science, and explain how they tend to be associated with distinct epistemic and ethical rationales. Yet philosophical literature on diversity among scientists has given little attention to distinct concepts of diversity. This is significant because the unappreciated existence of multiple diversity concepts can generate unclarity about the meaning of Bdiversity,^lead to problematic inferences from empirical research, and obscure complex ethical-epistemic questions about how to define diversity in specific cases. We illustrate some ethicalepistemic implications of our proposal by reference to an example of deliberative minipublics on human tissue biobanking.

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“…opposite attitudes. In terms of philosophical positions debated in the literature, then, prompts 1 through 5 could be viewed as an indicator of the extent to which respondents are inclined towards the ideal of value-free science (Betz, 2013;Jeffrey, 1956;Lacey, 1999), or toward one of the several alternatives that have been proposed (Douglas, 2000(Douglas, , 2009Elliott, 2011;Harding, 1986Harding, , 2015Kourany, 2010;Longino, 1990Longino, , 2002Rudner, 1953;Steel, 2010).…”

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“…Philosophers of science have widely debated the topic of values in science, articulating a variety of contrasting positions on the proper role of non-cognitive or non-epistemic values 1 (Douglas, 2000(Douglas, , 2009Elliott, 2011;Harding, 1986Harding, , 2015Jeffrey, 1956;Kourany, 2010;Lacey, 1999;Longino, 1990Longino, , 2002Rudner, 1953;Shrader-Frechette, 1991;Steel, 2010). Much of this work is naturalist in orientation, and typically that involves close attention to and respect for how scientists think and operate.…”

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Scientists’ attitudes on science and values: Case studies and survey methods in philosophy of science

Steel

Gonnerman

O’Rourke

2017

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

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“…Social transformations and scientific approaches are coconstructed (Harding 2015)*. For the last decades, development has been conceived as a modernization process supported by scientific rationality and technical expertise.…”

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Resilience and development: mobilizing for transformation

Bousquet¹,

Botta²,

Alinovi³

et al. 2016

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ABSTRACT. In 2014, the Third International Conference on the resilience of social-ecological systems chose the theme "resilience and development: mobilizing for transformation." The conference aimed specifically at fostering an encounter between the experiences and thinking focused on the issue of resilience through a social and ecological system perspective, and the experiences focused on the issue of resilience through a development perspective. In this perspectives piece, we reflect on the outcomes of the meeting and document the differences and similarities between the two perspectives as discussed during the conference, and identify bridging questions designed to guide future interactions. After the conference, we read the documents (abstracts, PowerPoints) that were prepared and left in the conference database by the participants (about 600 contributions), and searched the web for associated items, such as videos, blogs, and tweets from the conference participants. All of these documents were assessed through one lens: what do they say about resilience and development? Once the perspectives were established, we examined different themes that were significantly addressed during the conference. Our analysis paves the way for new collective developments on a set of issues: (1) Who declares/assign/cares for the resilience of what, of whom? (2) What are the models of transformations and how do they combine the respective role of agency and structure? (3) What are the combinations of measurement and assessment processes? (4) At what scale should resilience be studied? Social transformations and scientific approaches are coconstructed. For the last decades, development has been conceived as a modernization process supported by scientific rationality and technical expertise. The definition of a new perspective on development goes with a negotiation on a new scientific approach. Resilience is presently at the center of this negotiation on a new science for development.

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Précis of Objectivity and diversity: another logic of scientific research

Cited by 164 publications

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Multiple diversity concepts and their ethical-epistemic implications

Multiple diversity concepts and their ethical-epistemic implications

Scientists’ attitudes on science and values: Case studies and survey methods in philosophy of science

Resilience and development: mobilizing for transformation

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