Science
Last Update: Saturday, 13 April 2024 |
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Note 2: In general, works are listed in chronological order. (This makes it easier to follow the historical development of ideas.)
§4.2: Science and Non-Science
§4.4.1: Description
§4.4.3: Prediction
§4.5: Instrumentalism vs. Realism:
§4.6: Scientific Theories:
and the debate in:
§4.7: "The" Scientific Method:
Hepburn, Brian and Hanne Andersen, Scientific Method, The Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.),
§4.8: Falsifiability:
On homeopathy — and a very good general survey of the nature of
pseudoscience — see:
§4.8.2: The Logic of Falsifiability:
§4.8.3: Problems with Falsifiability:
On the pessimistic meta-induction, see:
§4.9: Scientific Revolutions:
§4.10: Other Alternatives:
The AI researcher and sociologist M. Ross Quillian
made remarks similar to those of Feyerabend in:
§4.11: CS and Science:
Tedre and
Moisseinen 2014 is a
survey of the nature of experiments in science,
and whether CS is experimental in nature.
§4.11.1: Is CS a Science?:
. Cambridge
University Press, 2004, New York. Trans. by Gary Hatfield.
On Quantum Mechanics, see:
Quillian's essay is an explanation, in terms of the communication of
information, of why the natural sciences are more
"effective" than the social sciences. Although written in the
early days of the World Wide Web, his paper has some
interesting implications for the role of social media in political discourse.
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