The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge: Consensus, Controversy, and Coproduction

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Boaz Miller (Zefat Academic College)

The Social Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge

Consensus, Controversy, and Coproduction

Boaz Miller (Zefat Academic College)

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Cambridge University Press
06 February 2025

Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of science

Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Science

This Element is about the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. The first section asks in what ways scientific knowledge is social. The second section develops a conception of scientific knowledge that accommodates the insights of the first section, and is consonant with mainstream thinking about knowledge in analytic epistemology. The third section asks under what conditions we can tell, in the real world, that a consensus in a scientific community amounts to shared scientific knowledge, as characterized in the second section, and how to deal with scientific dissent. The fourth section reviews the ways epistemic and social elements mutually interact to coproduce scientific knowledge. This Element engages with literature from philosophy of science and social epistemology, especially social epistemology of science, as well as Science, Technology, and Society (STS), and analytic epistemology. The Element focuses on themes and debates that date from the start of the second millennium.

By: Boaz Miller (Zefat Academic College)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009507233
ISBN 10: 1009507230
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Science
Pages: 94
Publication Date: 06 February 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction; 1. The social dimensions of scientific knowledge; 2. A conception of individual and collective scientific knowledge; 3. Assessing a scientific consensus for knowledge and dealing with dissent; 4. The interaction of epistemic and social elements in the coproduction of knowledge; References.