Scientific Testimony Its roles in science and society

Free Download Mikkel Gerken, "Scientific Testimony: Its roles in science and society"
English | ISBN: 0198857276 | 2022 | 320 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Scientific Testimony concerns the roles of scientific testimony in science and society. The book develops a positive alternative to a tradition famously expressed by the slogan of the Royal Society Nullius in verba ("Take nobody's word for it"). This book argues that intra-scientific testimony-i.e., testimony between collaborating scientists-is not in conflict with the spirit of science or an add-on to scientific practice. On the contrary, intra-scientific testimony is a