All Outputs (3)

Identifying Future-Proof Science (2022)
Book
Vickers, P. (in press). Identifying Future-Proof Science. Oxford University Press

First book to directly engage with the question of how to identify future-proof science Takes a transdisciplinary approach in its combination of historical, philosophical, and sociological methods Offers a companion to Alexander Bird's Knowing Scienc... Read More about Identifying Future-Proof Science.

Contemporary Scientific Realism and the Challenge from the History of Science (2021)
Book
Lyons, T., & Vickers, P. (Eds.). (2021). Contemporary Scientific Realism and the Challenge from the History of Science. Oxford University Press

Understanding Inconsistent Science (2013)
Book
Vickers, P. (2013). Understanding Inconsistent Science. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199692026.001.0001

In recent years philosophers of science have urged that many scientific theories are extremely useful and successful despite being internally inconsistent. Via an investigation of eight alleged 'inconsistent theories' in the history of science, Peter... Read More about Understanding Inconsistent Science.