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Future-Proof Science

Future-Proof Science

Vickers, Peter

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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.
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Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR
Bisac Major Subject
Science
Binding Type
Hardcover
Country Of Origin
GB
Number Of Units
1
Length
9.44 Inches
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EAN
Width
6.46 Inches
Publication Date
1970-01-01
Height
0.88 Inches
ISBN 10
0192862731
Weight
1.38 Pounds
Book EAN
9780192862730
Target Audiance
Adults

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