Identifying Future-Proof Science - Couverture souple

Vickers, Peter

 
9780198966227: Identifying Future-Proof Science
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ISBN 10 : 0198966229 ISBN 13 : 9780198966227
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Is science getting at the truth?

The sceptics―those who spread doubt about science―often employ a simple argument: scientists were 'sure' in the past, and then they ended up being wrong. Through a combination of historical investigation and philosophical-sociological analysis, Identifying Future-Proof Science defends science against this potentially dangerous scepticism. Indeed, we can confidently identify many scientific claims that are future-proof: they will last forever, so long as science continues. How do we identify future-proof claims? This appears to be a new question for science scholars, and not an unimportant one. It is argued that the best way to identify future-proof science is to avoid any attempt to analyse the relevant first-order scientific evidence, instead focusing purely on second-order evidence. Specifically, a scientific claim is future-proof when the relevant scientific community is large, international, and diverse, and at least 95 per cent of that community would describe the claim as a 'scientific fact'. In the entire history of science, no claim meeting these criteria has ever been overturned, despite enormous opportunity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Vickers is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at the University of Durham, UK. His research interests include philosophy of astrobiology, social epistemology, and the relationships between evidence, facts, and truth. Vickers's first book, Understanding Inconsistent Science, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.




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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198966229
ISBN 13 
9780198966227
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Nombre de pages
280
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