At a time of uncertainty and doubt, many of us look to science to provide the answers. But does science deserve the authority we give it? And does our trust help, or are challenge and criticism better drivers of progress?
Philosopher of science and author of How The Laws of Physics Lie, Nancy Cartwright untangles the evidence and asks "science: why trust it?"
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Nancy Cartwright is professor of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego and the University of Durham. She is the President of the Division for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
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