Article on distrust in science is Philosophical Psychology editor's choice for UNESCO World Philosophy Day
Katherine Furman’s article ‘Beliefs, values and emotions: An interactive approach to distrust in science’ made the Philosophical Psychology editor's choice list for UNESCO World Philosophy Day.
The article studies public distrust in science and medical interventions in the context of Ebola interventions in West Africa, HIV/AIDS testing in South Africa, and vaccines across the world. Furman shows that we need to pay careful attention not only to epistemic considerations (that is, beliefs about science), values, and emotional contexts, but additionally to the ways that these key areas (beliefs, values, and emotions) interact. This makes our picture of distrust more complicated than we might otherwise imagine. You can read the article here.