Scientific method/Related Articles

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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]
Philosophy [r]: The study of the meaning and justification of beliefs about the most general, or universal, aspects of things. ^[e]
Reality [r]: Various concepts in philosophy and science presenting diverse views of what categories of entities, if any, do or do not qualify as existing absolutely, self-sufficiently and objectively irrespective of human presence. ^[e]
Model-dependent realism [r]: A philosophical position that all we can know about reality consists of networks of world pictures that explain observations by connecting them by rules to concepts defined in models. ^[e]

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]

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]

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