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Parent topics

• Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge based on non–trivial refutable concepts that can be verified or rejected on the base of observation and experimentation ^[e]

Subtopics

• Discourse on Method [r]: Philosophical and mathematical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637, best known as the source of the famous quotation 'Je pense, donc je suis' ('I think, therefore I am'). ^[e]
• History of scientific method [r]: Development and elaboration of rules for scientific reasoning and investigation. ^[e]
• Scientific misconduct [r]: Violation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behaviour in professional scientific research. ^[e]
• Pseudoscience [r]: Any theory, or system of theories, that is deceptively claimed to be scientific. ^[e]
• Reductionism [r]: The attempt to replace high-level explanations of phenomena by more basic explanations, often in terms of interacting subsystems or parts. ^[e]

Philosophers

• Aristotle [r]: (384-322 BCE) Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, and one of the most influential figures in the western world between 350 BCE and the sixteenth century. ^[e]
• Galileo Galilei [r]: (1564-1642) Italian scientist, a pioneer in combining mathematical theory with systematic experiment in science, who came into conflict with the Church. ^[e]
• René Descartes [r]: French 17th-century philosopher, mathematician and scientist, author of the Discourse on Method. ^[e]
• Francis Bacon [r]: (1561-1626) English Renaissance essayist and philosopher who argued that science should proceed empirically, by induction. ^[e]
• Roger Bacon [r]: Add brief definition or description
• David Hume [r]: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. ^[e]

Twentieth Century Philosophers

• Thomas Kuhn [r]: (1921–1996) American philosopher who revolutionized philosophy of science by describing science as being driven by paradigm-defining revolutions rather than steady progress. ^[e]
• Karl Popper [r]: (1902–1994) One of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century. ^[e]
• Paul Feyerabend [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Imre Lakatos [r]: Add brief definition or description

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Academic research

• Academia [r]: An umbrella term for scholars and their institutions. ^[e]

Academic databases

Cambridge journals [r]: The e-publishing service for over 230 journals published by Cambridge University Press. [e] EBSCO [r]: Privately-held American corporation that manufactures various products (such as fishing lures) and is best known for electronic publishing for libraries. [e] History Cooperative [r]: A nonprofit humanities database resource offering top-level online history scholarship. [e] JSTOR [r]: A United States-based online system for archiving academic journals, founded in 1995. [e] OCLC [r]: A nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization, founded in 1967 as the Ohio College Library Center. [e]

Oxford University Press [r]: Major international publisher of scholarly books, journals and reference works. [e] ProQuest [r]: Add brief definition or description Project Muse [r]: Add brief definition or description Questia [r]: Add brief definition or description