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A Pragmatist Theory of Evidence

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Two approaches to evidential reasoning compete in the biomedical and social sciences: the experimental and the pragmatist. Whereas experimentalism has received considerable philosophical analysis and support since the times of Bacon and Mill (and continues to enjoy attention and support in very recent work on causation and evidence), pragmatism about evidence has been neither articulated nor defended. The overall aim is to fill this gap and develop a theory that articulates the latter. The main ideas of the theory will be illustrated and supported by a case study on the smoking/lung cancer controversy in the 1950s.

Source: Philosophy of Science

DOI: 10.1086/681643

Author: Julian Reiss

Institution: Durham University

Language: English

Topic: Philosophy and History of Science

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Durham University, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Awards: Epistemological foundations and principles for the democratization of the governance of science, G4564791563, G5254791416