Wissenschaftsfreiheit, Moralische Kritik und die Kosten des Irrtums

IF 0.8 2区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY ERKENNTNIS Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.1007/s10670-023-00715-1
Tim Henning
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Abstract This article attempts to do justice to two conflicting positions in current public debates. On the one hand, it defends a strong version of scientific freedom, according to which science should be free, not only from external obstacles and pressures but also from criticism that is based on reasons “of the wrong kind.” The only admissible criterion in debates about scientific claims, I argue, is whether there is sufficient evidence for their truth. Furthermore, I accept the anti-moralistic view that (non-)conformity with moral ideals is never itself evidence. On the other hand, the article nevertheless argues that there is a possibility of legitimate moral criticism of moral claims. This argument relies on the popular (if controversial) idea that there is pragmatic encroachment – specifically, the idea that the standard of sufficiency for evidence is in part determined by pragmatic factors like the costs of error. This opens up the door for a certain type of legitimate moral criticism. For the costs that determine a standard of sufficiency for epistemic justification can also plausibly count as morally significant. There is thus a con-contingent connection between epistemic and moral defects of certain scientific claims. The resulting view is applied to concrete debates, most importantly about race, genetics and IQ.
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科学自由,道德批评,错误的代价
摘要本文试图对当前公共辩论中两种相互矛盾的观点进行公正的评价。一方面,它捍卫了一种强有力的科学自由,根据这种自由,科学应该是自由的,不仅不受外部障碍和压力的影响,而且不受基于“错误原因”的批评的影响。我认为,在关于科学主张的辩论中,唯一可以接受的标准是,是否有足够的证据证明其真实性。此外,我接受反道德主义的观点,即(不)符合道德理想本身从来不是证据。另一方面,这篇文章仍然认为,对道德主张进行合理的道德批评是可能的。这一论点依赖于一种流行的(如果有争议的)观点,即存在实用主义侵占——具体来说,证据的充分性标准在一定程度上是由诸如错误成本之类的实用主义因素决定的。这为某种类型的合法道德批评打开了大门。因为决定认识论证明的充分性标准的成本也可能被认为具有道德意义。因此,在某些科学主张的认知缺陷和道德缺陷之间存在着一种偶然的联系。由此产生的观点被应用到具体的辩论中,最重要的是关于种族、基因和智商的辩论。
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116
期刊介绍: Erkenntnis is a philosophical journal publishing papers committed in one way or another to the philosophical attitude which is signified by the label ''scientific philosophy''. It concentrates on those philosophical fields which are particularly inspired by this attitude, although other topics are welcome as well. These fields are:- Epistemology - Philosophy of science, foundations and methodology of science in general and of natural and human sciences such as physics, biology, psychology, economics, social sciences in particular - Philosophy of mathematics - Logic, philosophy of logic, and all kinds of philosophical logics - Philosophy of language - Ontology, metaphysics, theory of modality - Philosophical psychology, philosophy of mind, neurophilosophy - Practical philosophy, i.e. ethics, philosophy of action, philosophy of law, etc. One of the objectives of Erkenntnis is the provision of a suitable platform for the discussion of controversial issues; another is the provision of timely, competent reviews of important publications in an ever-growing field of research.In recent years, philosophers standing quite outside the pale of analytic philosophy have also paid careful, and indeed most welcome, attention to precision of concept and language, to arguments, and to well-grounded foundations. Erkenntnis provides for them, and for philosophers of all persuasions, a place of meeting, of discussion, and of disputation.Erkenntnis was originally founded in 1930 by Rudolf Carnap and Hans Reichenbach, it was revived in 1975 by Carl G. Hempel, Wolfang Stegmüller, and Wilhelm K. Essler. You can find more information about this in the article “Hempel: The old and the new ‘Erkenntnis’” accessible in the tabs to the right.Today, Erkenntnis is one of the leading journals in philosophy worldwide and attracts first-class authors at all stages of career; from young philosophers at the PhD level up to established academic philosophers and highly renowned senior scholars. We pride ourselves on supplying our authors with substantial referee reports, subject to a turnaround time of about three months until the first decision. The acceptance rate for publications in the journal is presently slightly below 10%.
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