Evidence Contestation
Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies
- 336 pages
- English
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Evidence Contestation
Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies
About this book
This book examines the practices of contesting evidence in democratically constituted knowledge societies. It provides a multifaceted view of the processes and conditions of evidence criticism and how they determine the dynamics of de- and re-stabilization of evidence.
Evidence is an essential resource for establishing claims of validity, resolving conflicts, and legitimizing decisions. In recent times, however, evidence is being contested with increasing frequency. Such contestations vary in form and severity – from questioning the interpretation of data or the methodological soundness of studies to accusations of evidence fabrication. The contributors to this volume explore which actors, for what reasons and to what effect, question evidence in fields such as the biological, environmental and health sciences. In addition to actors inside academia, they examine the roles of various other players, including citizen scientists, counter-experts, journalists, patients, consumers and activists. The contributors tackle questions of how disagreements are framed and how they are used to promote vested interests. By drawing on methodological and theoretical approaches from a wide range of fields, this book provides a much-needed perspective on how evidence criticism influences the development and state of knowledge societies and their political condition.
Evidence Contestation will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of science, epistemology, bioethics, science and technology studies, the history of science and technology and science communication.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Introduction: Evidence Critique and Contestation as a Challenge in Academia and Society
- Part I: Theoretical Framing: Evidence Critique and Contestation
- Part II: Striving for Diverse Evidence: Ecological and Biological Evidence Critique
- Part III: Questioning the Criteria for Evidence: Health Sciences
- Part IV: Challenging Academic Evidence: Counter Science, Citizen Science and Environmental Activism
- Part V: Interpreting and Communicating Academic Evidence: Consumer Behavior and the Media