ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I will start by discussing some of the problems to which (adapted-) positivism gives rise and how constructionist meta-theory has been developed in response. This will help us begin to recognise the ostensible case for greater epistemic openness, which I am arguing should accompany scientific openness. To make this case, I also need to discuss what is included in the category of ‘science’ and then how science relates to other forms of knowledge. I am going to argue for the benefits of widening our epistemic boundaries, and that doing so can help us begin to address hermeneutical epistemic injustices in scholarly communication. I will provide some initial examples of what such epistemic openness can look like, including engagement between conventional scientific knowledge and indigenous knowledges from countries and cultures in LMICs. These examples will, I hope, begin to make the case for how epistemic openness can usefully complement open access and other forms of scientific openness.
