Scientific Testimony: Its roles in science and society Mikkel Gerken

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• ISBN 10: 0192599194
• ISBN 13: 9780192599193
• Author: Mikkel Gerken

Scientific Testimony concerns the roles of scientific testimony in science and society. The book develops a positive alternative to a tradition famously expressed by the slogan of the Royal Society Nullius in verba (“Take nobody’s word for it”). This book argues that intra-scientific testimony–i.e., testimony between collaborating scientists–is not in conflict with the spirit of science or an add-on to scientific practice. On the contrary, intra-scientific testimony is a vital part of science. This is illustrated by articulating epistemic norms of intra-scientific testimony and arguing that they are vital to scientific methodology on a par with other scientific norms governing scientific observation and data analysis.

Table contents:

1. Testimony and the Scientific Enterprise
2. The Nature of Testimony
3. Scientific Justification as the Basis of Scientific Testimony
4. Intra-Scientific Testimony
5. Public Scientific Testimony I: Scientific Expert Testimony
6. Public Scientific Testimony II: Scientific Reporting
7. The Significance of Scientific Testimony
8. Coda: Scientific Testimony, Cognitive Diversity, and Epistemic Injustice

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