Peter Vickers (Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centr

Future-Proof Science

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9780192862730
• ISBN-10: 0192862731
• Artikelnr.: 66684662

Autorenporträt

Peter Vickers is Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) at the University of Durham, UK. His research interests include philosophy of astrobiology, social epistemology, and the relationships between evidence, facts, and truth. Vickers's first book, Understanding Inconsistent Science, was published by Oxford University Press in 2013.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* List of Figures
* 1: What is future-proof science?
* 2: The historical challenge to future-proof science: the debate so
far
* 3: Meckel's successful prediction of gill slits: a case of misleading
evidence?
* 4: The Tiktaalik 'missing link' novel predictive success and the
evidence for evolution
* 5: The judgement of the scientific community: lessons from
continental drift
* 6: Fundamental physics and the special vulnerability to
underdetermination
* 7: Do we know how the dinosaurs died?
* 8: Scientific knowledge in a pandemic
* 9: Core argument, objections, replies, and outlook
* Bibliography
* Index