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<p>In the course of the controversies surrounding the measures to combat the Covid&#xa0;19 pandemic, the problem of science skepticism has attracted a&#xa0;great deal of attention in public discourse. Based on the observation that this increased problematization cannot simply be attributed to a&#xa0;problem that has become ‘bigger’, the article examines the form and function of the semantics of skepticism towards science: ‘science skepticism’ in the discourse of the political public is a&#xa0;stylization of the problem that the right thing is not being done against available better knowledge, which causally links this problem with an attitude of supposedly skeptical others towards ‘science’. The semantics thus relieves the political system of having to thematize the limits of its capacity to make binding decisions. The article concludes with a&#xa0;plea to concentrate on concrete, thematically and socially limited translation conflicts between science and politics when investigating the problems that are negotiated under ‘science skepticism’ and to put the assumption of a&#xa0;problem of ‘science skepticism’ and its investigation at the back of the agenda.</p>

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Science ist Meins? Wissenschaftsskepsis als Problem der politischen Öffentlichkeit

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    2025年5月12日

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  • Nils C. Kumkar

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In the course of the controversies surrounding the measures to combat the Covid 19 pandemic, the problem of science skepticism has attracted a great deal of attention in public discourse. Based on the observation that this increased problematization cannot simply be attributed to a problem that has become ‘bigger’, the article examines the form and function of the semantics of skepticism towards science: ‘science skepticism’ in the discourse of the political public is a stylization of the problem that the right thing is not being done against available better knowledge, which causally links this problem with an attitude of supposedly skeptical others towards ‘science’. The semantics thus relieves the political system of having to thematize the limits of its capacity to make binding decisions. The article concludes with a plea to concentrate on concrete, thematically and socially limited translation conflicts between science and politics when investigating the problems that are negotiated under ‘science skepticism’ and to put the assumption of a problem of ‘science skepticism’ and its investigation at the back of the agenda.