Reliability Trumps Truth

Cartwright, Nancy

Abstract

This paper argues that reliability is a better desideratum for scientific claims than is truth as soon as we focus on ‘helping to change the world (for the better)’ as a central aim of science.

Citation

Cartwright, N. (2024). Reliability Trumps Truth. Filozofia, 79(10), 1069-1082. https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.10.1

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 22, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Dec 10, 2024
• Publication Date: 2024-12
• Deposit Date: Nov 25, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 15, 2025
• Journal: Filozofia
• Print ISSN: 2585-7061
• Publisher: Veda, Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 1069-1082
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2024.79.10.1
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3105252
• Publisher URL: https://filozofia.sav.sk/en