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Follow *the* science? On the marginal role of the social sciences in the COVID-19 pandemicEuropean Journal for Philosophy of Science 11 (4): 1-28. 2021.In this paper, we use the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe to address the question of what kind of knowledge we should incorporate into public health policy. We show that policy-making during the COVID-19 pandemic has been biomedicine-centric in that its evidential basis marginalised input from non-biomedical disciplines. We then argue that in particular the social sciences could contribute essential expertise and evidence to public health policy in times of biomedical emergencies and tha…Read more
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Towards a Contextual Approach to Data QualityData 4 (5): 90. 2020.In this commentary, I propose a framework for thinking about data quality in the context of scientific research. I start by analyzing conceptualizations of quality as a property of information, evidence and data and reviewing research in the philosophy of information, the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biomedicine. I identify a push for purpose dependency as one of the main results of this review. On this basis, I present a contextual approach to data quality in scientific research,…Read more
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On evidence fiascos and judgments in COVID-19 policyHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 43 (2): 1-4. 2021.
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Three Concepts of Actual CausationBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science. forthcoming.I argue that we need to distinguish between three concepts of actual causation: total, path-changing, and contributing actual causation. I provide two lines of argument in support of this account. First, I address three thought experiments that have been troublesome for unified accounts of actual causation, and I show that my account provides a better explanation of corresponding causal intuitions. Second, I provide a functional argument: if we assume that a key purpose of causal concepts is to …Read more
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The Ethics of Genetic Intervention in Human Embryos: Assessing Jürgen Habermas's ApproachKriterion - Journal of Philosophy 30 (1): 79-95. 2016.In the near future we may be able to manipulate human embryos through genetic intervention. Jürgen Habermas has argued against the development of technologies which could make such intervention possible. His argument has received widespread criticism among bioethicists. These critics argue that Habermas's argument relies on implausible assumptions about human nature. Moreover, they challenge Habermas's claim that genetic intervention adds something new to intergenerational relationships poin…Read more
Daria Jadreškić
Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt
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Alpen-Adria Universität KlagenfurtPost-doctoral Researcher
Areas of Specialization
General Philosophy of Science |
Areas of Interest
General Philosophy of Science |