PHIL 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Canada Research Chair, Naomi Oreskes, Ceteris Paribus

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2003
• Professor: David Matheson

Document Summary

Good reasons to trust one disagreeing expert over another some corresponding heuristics: (5 heuristics) Dialectical superiority: if you know an expert e1 displays better dialectical performance than a disagreeing expert e2, then, ceteris paribus, you should trust e1 over e2. The forum: jian ghomeshi"s cbc radio show, q . Expert 1: william davis, cardiologist, author of wheat belly. Expert 2: timothy caulfield, canada research chair in health law & policy, university of. Note caufield"s objections (at 10:00ff. ) that davis"s evidence is anecdotal, and that we don"t know which variable is operative. Independent agreement: if you know that considerably more independent experts in the area agree with an expert e1 than with a disagreeing expert e2, then, ceteris paribus, you should trust e1 over e2. Expert 1: william gray, emeritus professor of atmospheric science at colorado state university. Argues global warming is happening but not caused by humans.