Scientific method: Revision history

24 March 2022

• curprev 12:2712:27, 24 March 2022‎ Pat Palmer talk contribs‎ 65,825 bytes −21‎ →‎The scientific method in practice: shortening first sentence slightly

26 May 2021

• curprev 06:1806:18, 26 May 2021‎ imported>Pat Palmer‎ 65,846 bytes +65,846‎ →‎Progress in science: changing the section title; this is a key section, and merely the word "progress" is not enough to embody its importance

13 April 2021

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23 September 2013

• curprev 15:4315:43, 23 September 2013‎ imported>John Stephenson‎ m 65,803 bytes +1,390‎ moved Scientific method/Draft to Scientific method: citable version policy

1 December 2012

• curprev 18:1118:11, 1 December 2012‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 65,803 bytes +1,390‎ →‎Components of the scientific method: adding to narrative

10 November 2012

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9 July 2012

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26 February 2012

• curprev 18:1118:11, 26 February 2012‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ m 64,413 bytes +3,307‎ →‎Philosophy of scientific methods
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• curprev 17:4717:47, 26 February 2012‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 64,368 bytes +3,255‎ →‎Hypotheses: add textbox, Faraday quote

17 January 2012

• curprev 23:3723:37, 17 January 2012‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 62,827 bytes +1,714‎ →‎Philosophy of scientific methods: add textbox re Francis Bacon

24 October 2011

• curprev 16:3816:38, 24 October 2011‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 61,113 bytes +7‎ add qualifier to 'empirical evidence': replicable; change 'usually' to 'often', as 'models' not always mathematical/computational

2 April 2010

• curprev 01:3201:32, 2 April 2010‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ m 61,104 bytes −2‎ →‎Components of the scientific method

5 November 2009

• curprev 10:1210:12, 5 November 2009‎ imported>Paul Wormer‎ 61,106 bytes +29‎ →‎Theories: wikilink

24 July 2009

• curprev 19:5719:57, 24 July 2009‎ imported>Ruth Ifcher‎ m 61,077 bytes +37‎ Scientific method moved to Scientific method/Draft
• curprev 10:4010:40, 24 July 2009‎ imported>Paul Wormer‎ m 61,077 bytes +1‎ Citizenium --> Citizendium
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• curprev 03:4203:42, 24 July 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 61,038 bytes +6,839‎ →‎Hypotheses
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• curprev 03:3703:37, 24 July 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 60,960 bytes +64‎ →‎The scientific method in practice
• curprev 03:3103:31, 24 July 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 60,903 bytes +7‎ →‎Alternative views
• curprev 03:2903:29, 24 July 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 60,896 bytes +60‎ →‎Peer review
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22 July 2009

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• curprev 13:5013:50, 22 July 2009‎ imported>Joe Quick‎ m 60,765 bytes +15‎ shouldn't have changed this one
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21 July 2009

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• curprev 04:0804:08, 21 July 2009‎ imported>Paul Wormer‎ 60,688 bytes +6,489‎ →‎Peer review: rewrote my own paragraph somewhat
• curprev 03:5003:50, 21 July 2009‎ imported>Paul Wormer‎ 60,704 bytes +6,505‎ →‎Experiments and observations: replaced "refuted", too strong. Replaced QM in contradiction to GR (would mean either of the two is wrong)
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20 July 2009

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15 July 2009

• curprev 04:3104:31, 15 July 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 60,241 bytes −55‎ →‎Components of the scientific method

14 July 2009

• curprev 18:2618:26, 14 July 2009‎ imported>James F. Perry‎ m 60,296 bytes +999‎ →‎Philosophy of scientific methods: fix link to Francis Bacon (either that or someone should move the Francis Bacon artilce)

8 July 2009

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7 July 2009

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• curprev 02:3402:34, 7 July 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 59,272 bytes +67‎ intro

22 June 2009

• curprev 13:5513:55, 22 June 2009‎ imported>Daniel Mietchen‎ m 59,205 bytes −7‎ may or may not is not very helpful here
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20 June 2009

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8 June 2009

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19 April 2009

• curprev 17:3317:33, 19 April 2009‎ imported>Greg Sabino Mullane‎ m 57,802 bytes −1‎ →‎Hypotheses: Typo

15 April 2009

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30 January 2009

• curprev 21:2921:29, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ m 57,807 bytes +1,830‎ →‎Theories: a small point
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• curprev 17:2817:28, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 56,813 bytes +836‎ →‎Components of the scientific method: move 'hypothesis' up before 'experiment' and after 'observation'
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• curprev 16:5016:50, 30 January 2009‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 55,976 bytes +1,777‎ add sentence re theories a models; add annotated citationd

28 January 2009

• curprev 19:5019:50, 28 January 2009‎ imported>Ed Poor‎ 54,194 bytes −5‎ one presumption is that no intelligent creator directs the process (of [[evolution

24 March 2008

• curprev 22:3822:38, 24 March 2008‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 54,199 bytes +108‎ editing for clarity

10 March 2008

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• curprev 14:3314:33, 10 March 2008‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 53,991 bytes +331‎ Fixing dead link in lead-in pgraph; slight language tweak there; explicit __TOC__ to implement blank space above and below TOC (for appearance)

15 February 2008

• curprev 16:3016:30, 15 February 2008‎ imported>Anthony.Sebastian‎ 53,660 bytes +2,289‎ →‎Components of the scientific method: Add citation re Charles Darwin's take on 'observation'

9 February 2008

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4 February 2008

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14 January 2008

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9 January 2008

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30 December 2007

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