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Identifying Future-Proof Science
Engelsk Hardback
Identifying Future-Proof Science
Engelsk Hardback

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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. Peter Vickers argues 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% 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.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9780192862730
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0192862731
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 nov 2022
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
165mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
30 nov 2022
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