What is epistemically wrong with research affected by sponsorship bias? The evidential account

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Language

English

Abstract

Biased research occurs frequently in the sciences. In this paper, I will focus on one particular kind of biased research: research that is subject to sponsorship bias. I will address the following epistemological question: what precisely is epistemically wrong (that is, unjustified) with biased research of this kind? I will defend the evidential account of epistemic wrongness: that is, research affected by sponsorship bias is epistemically wrong if and only if the researchers in question make false claims about the (degree of) evidential support of some hypothesis H by data E. I will argue that the evidential account captures the epistemic wrongness of three paradigmatic types of sponsorship bias.

Publication Year

2020

Publication Date

2020-03-07

Journal abreviation

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

Source

Springer Link

License

ISSN

1879-4920

Physical Description

vol. 10, n. 2, pp. 15

Short Title

What is epistemically wrong with research affected by sponsorship bias?

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What is epistemically wrong with research affected by sponsorship bias? The evidential account, dans Science & Ignorance, consulté le 21 Novembre 2024, https://ignorancestudies.inist.fr/s/science-ignorance/item/4625

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