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Gender and Trust in Science
- Hypatia
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 17, Number 4, Fall 2002
- pp. 95-118
- Article
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It is now recognized that relations of trust play an epistemic role in science. The contested issue is under what conditions trust in scientific testimony is warranted. I argue that John Hardwig's view of trustworthy scientific testimony is inadequate because it does not take into account the possibility that credibility does not reliably reflect trustworthiness, and because it does not appreciate the role communities have in guaranteeing the trustworthiness of scientific testimony.