Aggregating Scientific Judgment in Scientific Research

Raphael Kunstler (1)

1 CEPERC - Centre d'EPistémologie et d'ERgologie Comparatives

The endeavor to apply the theory of judgment aggregation (TJA) to scientific practice has two main motivating factors. First, this application proceeds from the hope that this new theory could provide a new perspective on well-known problems of the philosophy of science. Secondly, it stems from the desire to extend this theory to new domains, and even to limit-cases. A peculiar feature of scientific social practices is that it connects people that belong to diverse generations. This paper intends to show that this feature seems to exclude the application of TJA to scientific practice and then to suggest how this application could nonetheless be handled.

Mots clés: Theory of judgment aggregation; scientiific practice; intergenerational relationships.; intergenerational relationships

Domaines: Philosophie

Raphael Kunstler. Aggregating Scientific Judgment in Scientific Research. 2011. ⟨hal-00669026⟩