Inductive Risk and Values in Science

@article{citeulike:938199, abstract = {Although epistemic values have become widely accepted as part of scientific reasoning, non-epistemic values have been largely relegated to the \"external\" parts of science (the selection of hypotheses, restrictions on methodologies, and the use of scientific technologies). I argue that because of inductive risk, or the risk of error, non-epistemic values are required in science wherever non-epistemic consequences of error should be considered. I use examples from dioxin studies to illustrate how non-epistemic consequences of error can and should be considered in the internal stages of science: choice of methodology, characterization of data, and interpretation of results.}, author = {Douglas, Heather }, citeulike-article-id = {938199}, journal = {Philosophy of Science}, keywords = {false\_negative, false\_positivefalse\_negative, histopathology, judgment, risk, risk\_assessment, threshold, value}, number = {4}, pages = {559--579}, posted-at = {2006-11-09 18:46:12}, priority = {0}, title = {Inductive Risk and Values in Science}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/188707}, volume = {67}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:938199 L3 - citeulike-article-id:938199 TI - Inductive Risk and Values in Science JF - Philosophy of Science VL - 67 IS - 4 SP - 559 EP - 579 N2 - Although epistemic values have become widely accepted as part of scientific reasoning, non-epistemic values have been largely relegated to the "external" parts of science (the selection of hypotheses, restrictions on methodologies, and the use of scientific technologies). I argue that because of inductive risk, or the risk of error, non-epistemic values are required in science wherever non-epistemic consequences of error should be considered. I use examples from dioxin studies to illustrate how non-epistemic consequences of error can and should be considered in the internal stages of science: choice of methodology, characterization of data, and interpretation of results. KW - false_negative KW - false_positivefalse_negative KW - histopathology KW - judgment KW - risk KW - risk_assessment KW - threshold KW - value AU - Douglas, Heather PY - 2000/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/188707 ER -