The aim of the paper is to clarify the concept of scientific ignorance: what is it, what are its
sources, and when is it epistemically detrimental to science. While some sources of scientific …

Arguments discrediting the value-free ideal of science have left us with the question of how
to distinguish desirable values from biases that compromise the reliability of research. In this …

Scientists seek to eliminate all forms of bias from their research. However, all scientists also
make assumptions of a non-empirical nature about topics such as causality, determinism …

Recent decades have seen a dramatic increase in creative work on scientifc ignorance and
uncertainty, which can be traced in part to a realization that ignorance and uncertainty …

Knowledge is a big subject, says Stuart Firestein, but ignorance is a bigger one. And it is
ignorance—not knowledge—that is the true engine of science. Most of us have a false …

Science is the production of questions not facts. Scientists don't talk about what they know,
but about what they don't know. The crucial decisions in science are about the right question …

When interests and preferences of researchers or their sponsors cause bias in experimental
design, data interpretation or dissemination of research results, we normally think of it as an …

This book advocates the importance and value of errors for the progress of scientific
research! Hans Kricheldorf explains that most of the great scientific achievements are based …

In science, the search for knowledge is often considered an unlimited good or even a “moral
calling”. However, the idea that some knowledge is dangerous and ought to be forbidden is …

Science has two aspects: it is a burgeoning integrated knowledge and understanding of the
natural world (discovery) and it is a series of human processes and ways of thinking which …