Philosophical Scrutiny of Evidence of Risks: From Bioethics to Bioevidence.

We argue that a responsible analysis of today's evidence-based risk assessments and risk debates in biology demands a critical or metascientific scrutiny of the uncertainties, assumptions, and threats of error along the manifold steps in risk analysis. Without an accompanying methodological critique...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 803 - 817
Autores principales: Mayo, Deborah G., Spanos, Aris
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Dec2006
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          Department of Philosophy, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
          Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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        Risk assessment
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        Scientific method
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      ab: We argue that a responsible analysis of today's evidence-based risk assessments and risk debates in biology demands a critical or metascientific scrutiny of the uncertainties, assumptions, and threats of error along the manifold steps in risk analysis. Without an accompanying methodological critique, neither sensitivity to social and ethical values, nor conceptual clarification alone, suffices. In this view, restricting the invitation for philosophical involvement to those wearing a "bioethicist" label precludes the vitally important role philosophers of science may be able to play as bioevidentialists. The goal of this paper is to give a brief and partial sketch of how a metascientific scrutiny of risk evidence might work.
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