• Media type: E-Article; Text
  • Title: Pandemics, policy, and pluralism: A Feyerabend-inspired perspective on COVID-19
  • Contributor: Bschir, Karim [Author]; Lohse, Simon [Author]
  • imprint: Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V, 2022
  • Published in: Synthese : an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science 200 (2022), Nr. 6 ; Synthese : an international journal for epistemology, methodology and philosophy of science
  • Issue: published Version
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.15488/13598; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03923-4
  • Keywords: Policy advice ; Evidence-based policy ; Transdisciplinarity ; Paul Feyerabend ; Scientific expertise ; Interdisciplinarity ; Epistemic pluralism
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  • Description: We analyse insufficient epistemic pluralism and associated problems in science-based policy advice during the COVID-19 pandemic drawing on specific arguments in Paul Feyerabend’s philosophy. Our goal is twofold: to deepen our understanding of the epistemic shortcomings in science-based policy during the pandemic, and to assess the merits and problems of Feyerabend’s arguments for epistemic pluralism as well as their relevance for policy-making. We discuss opportunities and challenges of integrating a plurality of viewpoints from within and outside science into policy advice thus contributing to discussions about normative issues concerning evidence and expertise in policy-making.
  • Access State: Open Access