@article{69f9daedb40b43cdba6fd731ec421014,
title = "Science advice: making credences accurate",
abstract = "Policy-makers often rely on scientists to inform their decisions. When advising policy-makers, what should scientists say? One view says that scientists ought to say what they have a high credence in. Another view says that scientists ought to say what they expect to lead to good policy outcomes. We explore a third view: scientists ought to say what they expect to make the policy-makers{\textquoteright} credences accurate.",
author = "Simon Blessenohl and Deniz Sarikaya",
note = "Funding Information: The second author is thankful for the financial support of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung. The authors also received helpful comments by, among others, Jacob Nebel, Jonathan Quong, Jeffrey Russell, Ralph Wedgwood, participants of a poster session at the 27th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, as well as participants of colloquia organized by Ulrich G{\"a}hde, Thomas Kr{\"o}del, and Stephan Schmid. The views stated here are not necessarily the views of the supporting organizations and people mentioned in this acknowledgement. We are also thankful for the covering of the open access fees by the DEAL agreement. Funding Information: The second author is thankful for the financial support of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the Claussen-Simon-Stiftung. The authors also received helpful comments by, among others, Jacob Nebel, Jonathan Quong, Jeffrey Russell, Ralph Wedgwood, participants of a poster session at the 27th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, as well as participants of colloquia organized by Ulrich G{\"a}hde, Thomas Kr{\"o}del, and Stephan Schmid. The views stated here are not necessarily the views of the supporting organizations and people mentioned in this acknowledgement. We are also thankful for the covering of the open access fees by the DEAL agreement. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2022 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. M1 - 174",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1007/s11229-022-03620-2",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "200",
pages = "1--30",
journal = "Synthese",
issn = "0039-7857",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "2",
}
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