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Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes | ARI Bookshelf

April 1, 2025

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This episode of ARI Bookshelf features Naomi Oreskes’s bookWhy Trust Science? Panelists include Ben Bayer, Jason Rheins, Mike Mazza, and Daniel Schwartz.

Why Trust Science? asks when and why non-experts can trust science. It argues that it is the social character of science that makes it trustworthy.

Our panelists judge whether the arguments Oreskes gives are convincing and examine her views about the value of consensus and diversity in scientists’ beliefs and values. They also discuss the philosophy of science more generally and consider how laypeople should evaluate climate science and anti-vaccine claims.

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