Holman, Bennett: Bespoke Knowledge

_Philosophy of Science_. forthcomingA central finding of social epistemology is that phenomena desirable at the individual level might have hidden undesirable effects that emerge on the social level. These emergent effects have important implications for the management of values in science. Using a historical case study of the safety of hormonal pregnancy tests, I argue that the meta-analysis of studies risks compounding value-influence in undesirable ways. In statistical analysis, researchers m