Evidence amalgamation in the sciences: an introduction

Fletcher, Samuel C.; Landes, Jürgen und Poellinger, Roland (23. Juni 2018): Evidence amalgamation in the sciences: an introduction. In: Synthese, Bd. 196, Nr. 8: S. 3163-3188

Abstract

Amalgamating evidence from heterogeneous sources and across levels of inquiry is becoming increasingly important in many pure and applied sciences. This special issue provides a forum for researchers from diverse scientific and philosophical perspectives to discuss evidence amalgamation, its methodologies, its history, its pitfalls, and its potential. We situate the contributions therein within six themes from the broad literature on this subject: the variety-of-evidence thesis, the philosophy of meta-analysis, the role of robustness/sensitivity analysis for evidence amalgamation, its bearing on questions of extrapolation and external validity of experiments, its connection with theory development, and its interface with causal inference, especially regarding causal theories of cancer.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• EU Funded Grant Agreement Number: 639276
• EU-Projekte: Horizon 2020 > ERC Grants > ERC Starting Grant > ERC Grant 639276: PhilPharm - Philosophy of Pharmacology: Safety, Statistical Standards and Evidence Amalgamation
• Keywords: Variety-of-evidence thesis; Meta-analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Extrapolation; External validity; Theory development; Causal inference; Causal theories of cancer
• Fakultät: Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) > Epistemology
• Themengebiete: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 100 Philosophie ; 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 120 Epistemologie
• ISSN: 0039-7857
• Sprache: Englisch