01199nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260001500042100001600057700002100073700002400094245010900118856004100227300001200268490000700280520072800287022001401015       2020                            d  c2020-12-011 aSimon Lohse1 aMartin S. Wasmer1 aThomas A. C. Reydon00aIntegrating Philosophy of Science into Research on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in the Life Sciences  uhttps://doi.org/10.1162/posc_a_00357  a700-7360 v283 aThis paper argues that research on normative issues in the life sciences will benefit from a tighter integration of philosophy of science. We examine research on ethical, legal and social issues in the life sciences (“ELSI”) and discuss three illustrative examples of normative issues that arise in different areas of the life sciences. These examples show that important normative questions are highly dependent on epistemic issues which so far have not been addressed sufficiently in ELSI, RRI and related areas of research. Accordingly, we argue for the integration of research on the epistemic aspects of the relevant areas of science into ELSI research to provide a better basis for addressing normative questions.  a1063-6145