Year and volume: 2024 (Vol. 30).
Author(s): George Kwasi Barimah.
Abstract: In this paper, I develop and defend a moralized conception of epistemic trust in science against a particular kind of non-moral account defended by [Stephen] John (2015, 2018). I suggest that non-epistemic value considerations, non-epistemic norms of communication and affective trust properly characterize the relationship of epistemic trust between scientific experts and non-experts. I argue that it is through a moralized account of epistemic trust in science that we can make sense of the deep-seated moral undertones that are often at play when non-experts (dis)trust science.