Deliberation must engage both scientific evidence and multiple interpretations of nature

Evidence

As nature has multiple and ambiguous meanings, Eckersley praises the critical theory approach to exploring knowledge claims through the inclusion of diverse discourses, including those from scientific communities (2004: 122–3). … We have both empirical scientific evidence, and various interpretations of that evidence, to bring to the discursive table. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 683

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Traditional ecological knowledge rests on the same empirical method as modern science — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 691; Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 87; Full understanding requires both scientific and indigenous ways of knowing — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural…, 37 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Full understanding requires both scientific and indigenous ways of knowing #corroborates (0.92) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss, 37
• Ecological reflexivity opens democratic decision-making to excluded environmental viewpoints #expands (0.78) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 650
• Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules #expands (0.75) — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 87