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  • Scientific Epistemology

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  • Epistemic trust is fundamental to scientific collaboration and knowledge production.
  • Traditional views consider scientists trusting each other as reliable informants.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the content and epistemic justification of trust among scientists.
  • To propose an alternative construal of scientific trust.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of trust in science.
  • Argumentation based on existing scientific practices and epistemological theories.

Main Results:

  • Trusting scientists as reliable informants is not epistemically justified, particularly in biomedical and social sciences.
  • A revised understanding posits trust in adherence to methodological standards for evidence gathering.

Conclusions:

  • The traditional view of epistemic trust among scientists is epistemically unjustified.
  • Trust is justified when scientists testify to claims supported by methodologically sound evidence.