Confidence: Calibrating Trust in Science

Lara Huber ()
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Lara Huber: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institute of Philosophy

A chapter in The Science and Art of Simulation, 2024, pp 95-110 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Systematic reviews call for improved strategies of evaluating and communicating the degree of certainty and quality of a given body of scientific information. Drawing on environmental assessment projects, the paper argues, that building, promoting and maintaining trust in scientific methodology and outcomes, first of all, is a necessary prerequisite of scientific practice itself. Especially, as the paper shall illustrate, when the systematic review process expands across multiple disciplines, and brings authors from a broad range of research traditions to the table. In 2010 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the international body for assessing the science related to climate change, introduced a revised process of evaluating the degree of certainty in key findings. Drawing on the growing attention towards the reporting of confidence levels, the paper explores recent frameworks in large-scale assessment projects and their merit in calibrating trust in the sciences.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-68058-8_7

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