{"product_id":"future-proof-science-peter-vickers-9780192862730","title":"Future-Proof Science","description":"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, \u003cem\u003eIdentifying 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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Vickers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0192862731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192862730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.46w x 0.88d","brand":"Peter Vickers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074716070143,"sku":"9780192862730","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1d34e61-c98d-4d2f-aad3-99a6a176e56c.jpg?v=1685455357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/future-proof-science-peter-vickers-9780192862730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}