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In Identifying Future-proof Science (2022), Peter Vickers sets himself an ambitious goal. He wants to give us criteria, and parts of a method, for “identifying [scientific] claims we can be confident will last forever” (p. 1). In other words, to separate what we really know about the world, as opposed to what we merely suspect, or have good enough reason to believe for the time being. If Vickers were to succeed, this would be a major achievement in the epistemology of science. And, no doubt, we would all benefit greatly.

This month’s What's Happening in Philosophy (WHiP): The Philosophers focuses on a chapter from The Compact Compendium of Experimental Philosophy edited by A. Bauer and S. Kornmesser (forthcoming). All in the Family: The History and Philosophy of Experimental Philosophy by Justin Sytsma, Joseph Ulatowski, and Chad Gonnerman digs into the history of various philosophers who have argued for the need to go beyond the tradition methods of the ‘armchair’ philosopher and include empirical research into the mix.