The subject matter of science may be taken as those matters of fact on which it is possible, in principle, to secure universal agreement. (religion-online.org)
The authority of expert consensus obviously strengthens as the quality of expertise improves, which is why it's quite sensible, as matter of science - based policy - making, to wait for a callow science to improve before taking grand measures on the basis of its predictions. (climatechangenationalforum.org)
Whitehead gives as an example of an enduring object that which forms «the subject matter of the science of dynamics.» (religion-online.org)