Science, truth and dictatorship: Wishful thinking or wishful speaking?
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John, Stephen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1062-0188
Abstract
This paper argues for a novel way of addressing questions about the relationship between politics and science: in terms of norms of communication, rather than norms of cognition. The first half of the paper motivates this general shift through close study of the concept of "wishful speaking"; arguing that this vice - rather than the more familiar "wishful thinking" - better captures real-life cases, such as the Lysenko affair. The second half builds on the ethics of communication to develop an account of the proper role of non-epistemic values in justification in terms of "value-aptness".
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5003 Philosophy, 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies, 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields
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Stud Hist Philos Sci
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0039-3681
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78
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Elsevier BV
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Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) (unknown)