Inquiry and Advocacy, Fallibilism and Finality: Culture and Inference in Science and the Law

Posted: 29 Feb 2008

See all articles by Susan Haack

Susan Haack

University of Miami - School of Law; University of Miami - Department of Philosophy

Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper

Abstract

Science is the search for truth - it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent...[Linus Pauling] If ...a judge [is] presiding over the hearing of a case, that cause must be decided somehow, no matter how defective the evidence may be... But the idea of science is to pile the ground before the foot of the outworks of truth with the carcasses of this generation, and perhaps of others to come after it, until some future generation, by treading on them, can storm the citadel. [C. S. Peirce]

Suggested Citation

Haack, Susan, Inquiry and Advocacy, Fallibilism and Finality: Culture and Inference in Science and the Law. Law, Probability and Risk, Vol. 2, pp. 205-214, September 2003 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=805057

Susan Haack (Contact Author)

University of Miami - School of Law ( email )

P.O. Box 248087
Coral Gables, FL 33146
United States
305-284-3541 (Phone)
305-284-6506 (Fax)

University of Miami - Department of Philosophy ( email )

P.O. Box 248054
Coral Gables, FL 33124-4670
United States

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Abstract Views
803
PlumX Metrics