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ERIC Number: EJ592194
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
On the Possibility of a Scientific Theory of Scientific Method.
Nola, Robert
Science and Education, v8 n4 p427-39 Jul 1999
Discusses the philosophical strengths and weaknesses of Laudan's normative naturalism, which understands the principles of scientific method to be akin to scientific hypotheses, and therefore open to test like any principle of science. Contains 19 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Naturalism, Philosophy, Research Problems, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Principles, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Empiricism; Philosophy of Science
Note: Special issue: What Is This Thing Called Science? Twenty Years On.