Philosophical coffee: Doubt as a method? Trust in science

Trust in science has clearly declined in recent years. Scientific findings are increasingly being called into question. Free entry. In german language.

In recent years, science also seems to have been affected by a loss of public trust. In any case, scientific findings are now often loudly questioned, even if the motives are sometimes transparent. However, science itself is a form of organised doubt, although in a form that sees itself as ‘reasonable’. But what exactly this might mean, and why and what we should all doubt more often - and perhaps least of all science - are the questions we want to examine this evening.