MATTHEW H. SLATER
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The Production of Public Understanding of Science (PoPUS)

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
  • "Understanding and Trusting Science," Matthew H. Slater, Joanna Huxster, Julia E. Bresticker (Bucknell ’17), forthcoming in the Journal for the General Philosophy of Science [PDF]
  • "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 ]
    — NPR Coverage

Papers In Progress
  • "Trusting the Scientific Community: The Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Trust in Science," Matthew H. Slater & Joanna Huxster [PDF]
  • "Understanding the Scientific Enterprise: Development and Validation of a Novel Scientific Literacy Measure (SSSI)," Joanna Huxster, Matthew H. Slater, and Asheley Landrum
  • "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) 
  • "Epistemic Weismannism: Producing versus Transferring Understanding," Matthew H. Slater
Matthew H. Slater
Professor of Philosophy
Bucknell University
One Dent Drive
Lewisburg, PA 17837


  • Home
  • Teaching
    • Current and Future Courses >
      • PHIL 311: Socializing Epistemology
    • Previous Courses >
      • RESC 098: Revolutions in Scientific Understanding
      • PHIL 100: Belief & Reality
      • PHIL 103: Logic
      • UNIV 200: Climate Change
      • PHIL 201: Symbolic Logic
      • PHIL 220: Philosophy of Science
      • PHIL 222: Analytic Philosophy
      • PHIL 224: Epistemology
      • PHIL 268: Science in the Public Eye
      • PHIL 272: Philosophy of Biology
    • Student Resources >
      • Writing Resources
      • Presentation Advice
      • Recommendations
    • Calendar
  • Research
    • Books >
      • Are Species Real?
      • The Nature of Biological Kinds
    • Published & Forthcoming
    • Current Projects >
      • The Production of Public Understanding of Science
  • Personal
  • Photography
  • Blog