[PDF] Scientific polarization | Semantic Scholar Skip to search formSkip to main content> Semantic Scholar's Logo Search Sign InCreate Free Account You are currently offline. Some features of the site may not work correctly. DOI:10.1007/s13194-018-0213-9 Corpus ID: 1838546Scientific polarization @article{OConnor2017ScientificP, title={Scientific polarization}, author={Cailin O'Connor and J. Weatherall}, journal={European Journal for Philosophy of Science}, year={2017}, volume={8}, pages={855-875} } Cailin O'Connor, J. Weatherall Published 2017 Sociology, Computer Science, Physics European Journal for Philosophy of Science Contemporary societies are often “polarized”, in the sense that sub-groups within these societies hold stably opposing beliefs, even when there is a fact of the matter. Extant models of polarization do not capture the idea that some beliefs are true and others false. Here we present a model, based on the network epistemology framework of Bala and Goyal (Learning from neighbors, Rev. Econ. 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