What differentiates scientific research from non-scientific inquiry? Philosophers addressing
this question have typically been inspired by the exalted social place and intellectual …

In this article, I address the question of whether science can and should be seen as a
common good. For this purpose, the first section focuses on the notion of (scientific) …

Several philosophers of science have argued that epistemically rational individuals might
form epistemically irrational groups and that, conversely, rational groups might be composed …

Objectivity and value freedom have often been conflated in the philosophical and
sociological literature. While value freedom construed as an absence of social and moral …

We argue that the main results of scientific papers may appropriately be published even if
they are false, unjustified, and not believed to be true or justified by their author. To defend …

Certain segments of academic science such as biomedicine, genetics and pharmacology
are being rapidly commercialized especially in the US In this article, I outline the …

Abstract The special issue Creativity, Conservatism & the Social Epistemology of Science
collects six papers which, in different ways, tackle'promotion questions' concerning scientific …

One thing that becomes clear to me as time goes on is that I am a resolutely dialectical
thinker. I do not believe that philosophical positions are good in themselves but only in …

I argue that if science is to be a public good, it must be made one. Neither science nor any
other form of knowledge is naturally a public good. And given the history of science policy in …

Scientists are frequently called upon to “democratize” science, by bringing the public into
scientific research. One appealing point for public involvement concerns the nonepistemic …