The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to scientific method:
Scientific method – body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. It is based on observable, empirical, measurable evidence, and subject to laws of reasoning, both deductive and inductive.
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| Platonic idealism |
| Logical argument |
| Bayesian inference |
| Scientific community |
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| In the Middle Ages |
| In the Renaissance |
| Scientific Revolution |
| Characterization |
| Natural sciences |
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| Hypothesis |
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| Prediction |
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| Experiment |
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| Timelines |
| Discoveries |
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Use Occam's razor to prune the list of hypothetical explanations of the observation.
Feynman: "We can do anything we want (in theorizing). Then all we have to do is check with the experiment."
Test of the inference: prediction and experimentation to establish new facts. Critical examination of the hypothetical explanation:
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The problem of induction questions the logical basis of scientific statements.
Technology is subordinate to Science; Scientific discovery rests on technology.
Science and technology studies
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