How Intimidating Scientists Compromises Research (M. Fernández Pinto, A. Leuschner & A. Reutlinger)
Channel: Socially Engaged Philosophy
Date: 2021-12-02

Manuela Fernández Pinto (Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá), Anna Leuschner (University of Wuppertal) and Alexander Reutlinger (LMU Munich) discuss the phenomenon of epistemic intimidation. Here, the concept of epistemic intimidation describes different ways in which science skeptics and certain kinds of science critics deliberately intimidate scientists. Fernández Pinto, Leuschner, and Reutlinger distinguish several types of intimidation, analyze the effects of intimidation on scientific research, and explore possible reactions to epistemic intimidation.