Scientific Method
Scientific Method
Reflections from a Practitioner
Di Ventra, Massimiliano
Oxford University Press
08/2018
130
Mole
Inglês
9780198825623
15 a 20 dias
156
2: Material World and Objective Reality
3: First Principles and Logic
4: Natural Phenomena and the Primacy of Experiment
5: Observation and Experimentation
6: The Role of Human Faith in Science
7: Approximate and Limited Description of Natural Phenomena
8: Hypothesis
9: Theory
10: Competing Theories
11: Can One Theory be "Derived" from Another?
12: Verifying or Falsifying? And What?
13: Don't be a Masochist!
14: "Consensus" in Science? What is That?
15: Flow Chart of the Scientific Method
16: The "What" and "Why" Questions
17: "Scientism": Abusing the Scientific Method
18: Final Thoughts
Further Readings
About the Author
Index
2: Material World and Objective Reality
3: First Principles and Logic
4: Natural Phenomena and the Primacy of Experiment
5: Observation and Experimentation
6: The Role of Human Faith in Science
7: Approximate and Limited Description of Natural Phenomena
8: Hypothesis
9: Theory
10: Competing Theories
11: Can One Theory be "Derived" from Another?
12: Verifying or Falsifying? And What?
13: Don't be a Masochist!
14: "Consensus" in Science? What is That?
15: Flow Chart of the Scientific Method
16: The "What" and "Why" Questions
17: "Scientism": Abusing the Scientific Method
18: Final Thoughts
Further Readings
About the Author
Index