Reliability Trumps Truth
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.
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Institute of Philosophy SAS, v.v.i.
2024-12-01
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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.
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