Name: Identifying Future-Proof Science
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Author: Peter , Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and S
ISBN: 9780198966227

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Physical Book

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Author

Peter , Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and S

Year

2025

Pages

288

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4x15.8x1.6 cm

ISBN13

9780198966227

Identifying Future-Proof Science

Peter , Professor Of Philosophy And Co-Director Of The Centre For Humanities Engaging Science And S (Author) · Oxford University Press · Paperback

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Synopsis "Identifying Future-Proof Science"

This is the first book to explore how to identify future-proof science. Peter Vickers takes a transdisciplinary approach in his analysis of 'scientific fact' in order to defend science against potentially dangerous scepticism.

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.