{"product_id":"identifying-future-proof-science-9780198966227","title":"Identifying Future-Proof Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter Vickers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs science getting at the truth? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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, \u003cem\u003e Identifying Future-Proof Science\u003c\/em\u003e 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.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779219472535,"sku":"9780198966227","price":3915.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780198966227.webp?v=1778034441","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/identifying-future-proof-science-9780198966227","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}