Timeline for Is it possible for a layperson to suitably evaluate scientific disputes?
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| S Sep 3, 2013 at 17:02 | history | suggested | Ken Bellows | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2013 at 0:01 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | I am coming around to your point of view. Per this review of Mayo's work on the philosophy of science, I am coming to agree that "the distinction between what we call "science" and other sorts of reliable knowledge (or, if you like, other reliable practices of inquiry) does not reflect any deep methodological divide, but, say, is one of subject-matter, or even of the adventitious history of English usage". | |
| Aug 26, 2011 at 17:56 | vote | accept | Dave Liepmann | ||
| S Aug 25, 2011 at 19:17 | history | suggested | Dave Liepmann | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 25, 2011 at 18:40 | comment | added | stoicfury | That's an interesting notion. I personally wouldn't draw any distinctions in terms of additional consideration, even as a scientist myself. That is, strictly speaking I don't see any other grounds upon which to judge a claim, general or not. In practice, however, we can't always spend the time to rigorously go over each and every claim that appears before us, and thus we are left with something like what Michael describes in his answer, or (my personal favorite) W.K. Clifford's The Ethics of belief. | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 18:12 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | It seems to me that scientific claims are a subset of all claims, and that scientific claims require additional evaluation criteria than, say, logical arguments (which I think your answer addresses very accurately) or experiential/perceptual claims. Specifically I think that the contents of scientific arguments probably require additional consideration. | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 18:01 | comment | added | stoicfury | @Dave: Are you suggesting that scientific claims need a different set of criterion than "general claims" in order to be evaluated? | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 16:37 | comment | added | Dave Liepmann | While this is a valid and true answer, could you be more specific in how this applies to questions of science, as opposed to claims in general? | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 16:18 | history | answered | stoicfury | CC BY-SA 3.0 |