The Arts of Persuasion in Science and Law: Conflicting Norms in the Courtroom

The Daubert trilogy and the calls for reform that preceded it have echoed through the legal and scientific communities since the early 1990s. Much has been made of the limited views of the scientific enterprise reflected in the Supreme Court’s decisions. Critics argue that the Court accepted a standardized view of science that serves the interests of the business community and key elements of organized science, but fails to reflect the diversity of science in actual practice. Epistemology is important in the debate about science and technology in the courtroom. The epistemological issues and the arguments about them in the