Evidence Contestation: Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies

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Karin Zachmann (Technical University of Munich, Germany) Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio (UKB University Hospital Bonn, Germany)

Evidence Contestation

Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies

Karin Zachmann (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio (UKB University Hospital Bonn, Germany), Saana Jukola (UKB University of Bonn, Germany) , Olga Sparschuh (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

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English

Routledge
21 February 2023

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of science; Science funding & policy; History of science

Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science

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.

Edited by: Karin Zachmann (Technical University of Munich Germany), Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio (UKB University Hospital Bonn, Germany), Saana Jukola (UKB University of Bonn, Germany), Olga Sparschuh (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032219103
ISBN 10: 1032219106
Series: Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 21 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Karin Zachmann is a professor of the history of technology at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and co-speaker of the DFG research group ""Practicing Evidence – Evidencing Practice"". Mariacarla Gadebusch Bondio heads the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University Hospital of Bonn, Germany. She is the co-editor, with Francesco Spöring and John-Stewart Gordon, of Medical Ethics, Prediction, and Prognosis: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (New York: Routledge, 2017). Saana Jukola is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy I, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, under the DFG-Emmy Noether Research Group ""The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: Theoretical, Historical, and Social Dimensions"". Olga Sparschuh is a postdoctoral researcher in history of technology at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and the coordinator of the DFG research group ""Practicing Evidence – Evidencing Practice"".

Reviews for Evidence Contestation: Dealing with Dissent in Knowledge Societies

Evidence Contestation is thus a really important edition, that concerns biological, medical, physical, and ecological sciences, and shows in various detailed studies, how dissent among scientists and the public could importantly and fruitfully contribute to our understanding of evidence-making and shaping. The editors did a great job in selecting studies and fields for the volume. Adam Tamas Tuboly, Hungarian Academy of Sciences