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Identifying Future-Proof Science
Engelsk
Bogcover for Identifying Future-Proof Science af Peter Vickers, 9780198966227
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Engelsk
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288
ISBN-13:
9780198966227
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0198966229
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Udg. Dato:
12 maj 2025
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,8 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
12 maj 2025
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Identifying Future-Proof Science

Engelsk
Paperback 2025
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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. 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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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9780198966227
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0198966229
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
12 maj 2025
Størrelse i cm:
23,4 x 15,8 x 1,6
Oplagsdato:
12 maj 2025
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