Beliefs, values and emotions: An interactive approach to distrust in science

Furman, Katherine ORCID: 0000-0003-0311-097X (2024) Beliefs, values and emotions: An interactive approach to distrust in science PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY, 37 (1). pp. 240-257. ISSN 0951-5089, 1465-394X

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Abstract

Previous philosophical work on distrust in science has argued that understanding public distrust in science and scientific interventions requires that we pay careful attention not only to epistemic considerations (that is, beliefs about science), but also to values, and the emotional contexts in which assessments of scientific credibility are made. This is likely to be a truncated list of relevant factors for understanding trust/distrust, but these are certainly key areas of concern. The aim of this paper is not to further innumerate the list of relevant factors. Rather, it is to map the ways that these key areas (beliefs, values, and emotions) are related to each other. These are not distinct categories, but rather they interact, making our picture of distrust more complicated than we might otherwise imagine. This discussion will take place in the context of resistance to medical interventions. Notably, Ebola interventions in West Africa, HIV/AIDS testing in South Africa, and vaccines across the world.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	distrust in science, values in science, affective distrust
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of the Arts
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2023 08:11
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 12:47
DOI:	10.1080/09515089.2023.2266454
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2266454
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173387
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