Identifying future-proof science / Peter Vickers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vickers, Peter (Peter John), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Evidence.

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Explores 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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 2, 2022).

ISBN:

0-19-267721-7

0-19-195377-6

0-19-267720-9