Scientific conclusions need not be accurate, justified, or believed by their authors.

We argue that the main results of scientific papers may appropriately be published even if they are false, unjustified, and not believed to be true or justified by their author. To defend this claim we draw upon the literature studying the norms of assertion, and consider how they would apply if one...

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Published in:	Synthese Vol. 199; no. 3/4; pp. 8187 - 8204
Main Authors:	Dang, Haixin, Bright, Liam Kofi
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Dec2021
Subjects:	Social epistemology Scientific discoveries Twentieth century Scientific communication Authors
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost