Thursday, Nov 21
5:00 – 6:30 PM,
Buchanan Tower 1112
Alan Richardson
Professor of Philosophy
This talk will, through a series of vignettes and using resources from a variety of researchers across several disciplines, argue that the current foregrounding of mis/disinformation in the trust in science literature is (a) a lingering after-effect of the deficit model in science communication and (b) too impoverished a framework for understanding the current landscape of trust and mistrust of science among various groups. Among the suggestions for further research I will argue that STS researchers (perhaps especially philosophers) (1) need to think beyond values as preferences and include in our theorizing other conceptions of value and matters such as interests and duties and (2) would do well to bring education per se back into philosophical attention and not theorize it on the model of communication.
