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A Pragmatist Theory of Evidence

Reiss, Julian

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Julian Reiss



Abstract

Two approaches to evidential reasoning compete in the biomedical and social sciences: the experimental and the pragmatist. Whereas experimentalism has received considerable philosophical analysis and support since the times of Bacon and Mill (and continues to enjoy attention and support in very recent work on causation and evidence), pragmatism about evidence has neither been articulated nor defended. The overall aim is to fill this gap and develop a theory that articulates the latter. The main ideas of the theory will be illustrated and supported by a case study on the smoking-lung cancer controversy in the 1950s.

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Reiss, J. (2015). A Pragmatist Theory of Evidence. Philosophy of Science, 82(3), 341-362. https://doi.org/10.1086/681643

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 16, 2015
Online Publication Date Jul 31, 2015
Publication Date Jul 1, 2015
Deposit Date May 16, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Philosophy of Science
Print ISSN 0031-8248
Publisher Philosophy of Science Association
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 82
Issue 3
Pages 341-362
DOI https://doi.org/10.1086/681643
Publisher URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/681643

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