We are currently pursuing a number of distinct, specific lines of research connected with the way in which the general public's epistemic orientation to science — many of them focused on the public perceptions of anthropogenic climate change as a central case study. Some of our work in progress may be found below.

Publications

• "Denialism as Applied Skepticism," Matthew H. Slater, Joanna Huxster, Julia E. Bresticker (Bucknell ’17), Victor LoPiccolo (Bucknell ’18), forthcoming in Erkenntnis. [PDF]
• "Attempts to Prime Intellectual Virtues for Understanding of Science: Failures to Inspire Intellectual Effort," Joanna Huxster, Melissa Hopkins (Bucknell ’16), Julia E. Bresticker (Bucknell ’17), Matthew H. Slater, & Jason Leddington, forthcoming in Philosophical Psychology (2017) [ Journal Page | Penultimate Draft ]
• "Understanding ‘Understanding’ in Public Understanding of Science,” Joanna Huxster, Matthew H. Slater, Jason Leddington, and six Bucknell Undergraduates (2017) Public Understanding of Science. [ Journal Page | Penultimate Draft ]
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Papers Under Review [drafts, please do not cite without permission]

• "Trusting the Scientific Community: The Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Trust in Science," Matthew H. Slater & Joanna Huxster [PDF]
• "Understanding and Trusting Science," Matthew H. Slater, Joanna Huxster, Julia E. Bresticker (Bucknell ’17) [PDF]

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Papers In Progress

• "Resilient Understanding: The Value of Seeing for Oneself,” Matthew H. Slater & Jason Leddington [PDF]
• "Belief Revision in Contested and Non-Contested Scientific Contexts," Joanna Huxster, Matthew H. Slater, Julia E. Bresticker (Bucknell ’17), Victor LoPiccolo (Bucknell ’18) 
• "Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: Development and Validation of a Novel Scientific Literacy Measure (SSSI)," Joanna Huxster & Matthew H. Slater
• "Epistemic Weismannism: Producing versus Transferring Understanding," Matthew H. Slater