Truth, Trust, and Democracy | Kevin Elliott (Michigan State University): "Threading the Needle: Resisting Misinformation w

Truth, Trust, and Democracy | Kevin Elliott (Michigan State University): "Threading the Needle: Resisting Misinformation without Fostering Epistemic Injustice"
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Truth, Trust, and Demo­cracy | Kevin Elliott (Michigan State University): "Threading the Needle: Resisting Misinformation without Fostering Epistemic Injustice"
06.05.2026, 16:45 – 18:15
Seminarraum VI (Theologie) | Karl-Rahner-Platz 3
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6. 5. 2026
16.45 - 18.15
Seminarraum VI (Theologie) | Karl-Rahner-Platz 3
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Misinformation has become a pressing concern for contemporary society, but efforts to resist misinformation risk perpetuating epistemic injustice, in which non-specialists with legitimate forms of local knowledge are illegitimately dismissed by experts as being ignorant or misinformed. This talk explores how philosophers can potentially help to alleviate epistemic injustice by drawing from the literature on science and values, which highlights scientific choices that experts and community members can reasonably handle in different ways. The talk focuses on several specific kinds of scientific choices, and it illustrates these choices using examples from environmental and medical research. The talk concludes by arguing that philosophers should carefully consider whether particular forms of engaged scholarship with scientists and/or community members would enable them to draw on these insights from the science-and-values literature in the most effective and ethically responsible ways.
Kevin C. Elliott
is Red Cedar Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University, with joint appointments in Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Department of Philosophy. His research lies at the intersection of the philosophy of science and practical ethics, with a particular focus on the roles that ethical and social values play in scientific research, especially in the environmental health sciences. His books include
Values in Science
(Cambridge University Press, 2022),
A Tapestry of Values: An Introduction to Values in Science
(Oxford University Press, 2017), and
Is a Little Pollution Good for You? Incorporating Societal Values in Environmental Research
(Oxford University Press, 2011).
Kevin Elliott
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