Vendredi 19 septembre 2025, 15h-17h (Local W-5215)
Gabriele Contessa (Carleton University)
Public Trust in Science: A Communitarian Approach
Résumé:
According to the individualistic approach to public trust in science, it is primarily individuals who trust (or mistrust) science while communities trust science only insofar as their members do. In this talk, I argue that the individualistic approach faces several serious challenges and should be rejected in favour of a communitarian approach. On the communitarian approach, it is primarily communities, rather than individuals, that trust science and most individuals trust science insofar as they belong to communities that do. I conclude the talk by sketching two basic communitarian accounts and combining together into my preferred account.
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La conférence, qui sera donnée en anglais, se tiendra au local W5215, de 15h00 à 17h00.