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Philosophy of science (view source)
Revision as of 19:10, October 29, 2008
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* [[Positivism]], a position popular in the early 20th century and still popular in some circles today, is the idea that only facts which can be empirically observed are scientific, or for that matter, meaningful.
* [[Positivism]], a position popular in the early 20th century and still popular in some circles today, is the idea that only facts which can be empirically observed are scientific, or for that matter, meaningful.
* [[Falsificationism]], the position popularized by [[Karl Popper]], is the idea that science includes only those ideas which can be experimentally tested. If an idea cannot be tested, it is not science, but "metaphysical," according to Popper;
* [[Falsificationism]], the position popularized by [[Karl Popper]], is the idea that science includes only those ideas which can be experimentally tested. If an idea cannot be tested, it is not science, but "metaphysical," according to Popper;
* Post-positivism, the position popularized by [[Thomas Kuhn]], is the idea that the scientific community is influenced by [[paradigm]]s, social, political, and ideological factors, such that science progresses through [[paradigm shift]]s, in which scientists work within a paradigm until mounting problems with the current paradigm reach a breaking point and force a new paradigm;
* Post-positivism, the position popularized by [[Thomas Kuhn]], is the idea that the scientific community is influenced by [[paradigm]]s, social, political, and ideological factors, such that science changes through [[paradigm shift]]s, in which scientists work within a paradigm until mounting problems with the current paradigm reach a breaking point and scientists switch to a new paradigm;
* Feyerabandism, the position popularized by [[Paul Feyeraband]], is the idea that science is not privileged in terms of logic or method, such that scientists carry no special authority;
* Feyerabandism, the position popularized by [[Paul Feyeraband]], is the idea that science is not privileged in terms of logic or method, such that scientists carry no special authority;
* Thagardism, the position popularized by [[Paul Thagard]], is the idea that science includes those ideas taken seriously by the scientific community;
* Thagardism, the position popularized by [[Paul Thagard]], is the idea that science includes those ideas taken seriously by the scientific community;